Romans 11

¹Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

²God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?

³“Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.”

⁴But what is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”

⁵Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.

⁶And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.

⁷What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

⁸just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day.”

⁹And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.

¹⁰Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”

¹¹Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.

¹²Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?

¹³For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,

¹⁴in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.

¹⁵For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?

¹⁶For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

¹⁷And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

¹⁸do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁹Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.

²⁰Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.

²¹For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.

²²So then, notice the goodness and the severity of God. Certainly, toward those who have fallen, there is severity; but toward you, there is the goodness of God, if you remain in goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.

²³Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on again.

²⁴So if you have been cut off from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and, contrary to nature, you are grafted on to the good olive tree, how much more shall those who are the natural branches be grafted on to their own olive tree?

²⁵For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

²⁶And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.

²⁷And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins.”

²⁸Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.

²⁹For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.

³⁰And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,

³¹so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.

³²For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.

³³Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!

³⁴For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?

³⁵Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?

³⁶For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.

Romans 11

¹I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias, how he calleth on God against Israel?

³Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars. And I am left alone: and they seek my life.

⁴But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal.

⁵Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.

⁶And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

⁷What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it. And the rest have been blinded.

⁸As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.

⁹And David saith: Let their table be made a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense unto them.

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.

¹¹I say then: Have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.

¹²Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world and the diminution of them the riches of the Gentiles: how much more the fulness of them?

¹³For I say to you, Gentiles: As long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,

¹⁴If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them.

¹⁵For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁶For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷And if some of the branches be broken and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them and art made partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree:

¹⁸Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root: but the root thee.

¹⁹Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.

²⁰Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.

²¹For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps also he spare not thee.

²²See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness. Otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

²³And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

²⁴For if thou were cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, wert grafted into the good olive tree: how much more shall they that are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

²⁵For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

²⁶And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

²⁷And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.

²⁹For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief:

³¹So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.

³²For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all.

³³O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

³⁴For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

³⁵Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?

³⁶For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.