1I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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2 Corinthians 11:22, 2 Corinthians 11:22, 1 Samuel 12:22, 1 Samuel 12:22, Philippians 3:5

2God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

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Psalms 94:14, Romans 8:29, Romans 8:30, Psalms 94:14, Romans 8:29

3"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

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1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:18, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:18, 1 Kings 18:4

4But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

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1 Kings 19:18, 1 Kings 19:18, Numbers 25:3, Numbers 25:3, Jeremiah 19:5

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

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Romans 9:27, Romans 9:27, Ephesians 1:5, Ephesians 1:6, Romans 9:11

6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

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2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Timothy 1:9, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 2:21, Romans 4:4

7What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

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Romans 9:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Romans 9:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Romans 11:5

8According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."

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Deuteronomy 29:4, Deuteronomy 29:4, Isaiah 29:10, Isaiah 29:10, Ezekiel 12:2

9David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

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Psalms 69:22, Psalms 69:23, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 69:23, Luke 16:19

10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

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Psalms 69:23, Psalms 69:23, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 28:68, Deuteronomy 28:64

11I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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Acts 13:46, Acts 13:48, Acts 13:46, Acts 13:48, Romans 11:31

12Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

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Romans 11:25, Romans 11:25, Romans 11:15, Colossians 1:27, Romans 11:15

13For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

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Acts 9:15, Acts 9:15, 2 Timothy 1:11, 2 Timothy 1:12, 2 Timothy 1:11

14if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

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1 Corinthians 7:16, 1 Corinthians 7:16, 1 Timothy 4:16, 1 Timothy 4:16, Titus 3:5

15For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

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Romans 5:10, Romans 5:11, Ephesians 1:10, Romans 5:10, Romans 5:11

16If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Proverbs 3:9, James 1:18, Ezekiel 44:30, Proverbs 3:9, James 1:18

17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;

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Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 2:11, Ephesians 2:13, Ephesians 3:6

18do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

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1 Corinthians 10:12, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Romans 11:20, Romans 11:20, Ephesians 2:19

19You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."

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Romans 11:17, Romans 11:17, Romans 11:23, Romans 11:24, Romans 11:11

20True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

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Romans 12:16, Romans 12:16, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 10:12

21for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

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Jeremiah 25:29, Jeremiah 49:12, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:9, Jeremiah 25:29

22See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

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Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 3:14, 1 Corinthians 15:2, Hebrews 3:6, 1 Corinthians 15:2

23They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

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2 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 3:16, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:10, Matthew 23:39

24For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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Romans 11:17, Romans 11:18, Romans 11:17, Romans 11:18, Romans 11:30

25For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

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Luke 21:24, Luke 21:24, 2 Corinthians 3:14, 2 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 3:14

26and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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Isaiah 59:20, Isaiah 59:20, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:37, Jeremiah 31:31

27This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."

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Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:34, Isaiah 27:9

28Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

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Deuteronomy 10:15, Deuteronomy 10:15, Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 7:8, Deuteronomy 7:7

29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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Hebrews 7:21, Hebrews 7:21, Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:19, Malachi 3:6

30For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

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Colossians 3:7, Colossians 3:7, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:2, 1 Corinthians 7:25

31even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

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Romans 10:16, Romans 11:15, Romans 11:25, Romans 10:16, Romans 11:15

32For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

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Galatians 3:22, Galatians 3:22, Romans 3:9, Romans 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:4

33Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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Job 5:9, Job 5:9, Job 11:7, Job 11:9, Job 11:7

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

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Isaiah 40:13, Isaiah 40:13, 1 Corinthians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Job 15:8

35"Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"

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Job 41:11, Job 41:11, Job 35:7, Job 35:7, 1 Corinthians 4:7

36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

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1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Colossians 1:15, Colossians 1:17, Colossians 1:15