1I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed 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 hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to 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 thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking 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 what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to 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

5In the same way 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 it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?

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

7What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect 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

8as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day."

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

9And David saith, "Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense 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; and bow down their back alway."

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

11I say then, Did they stumble in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.

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

12But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?

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

13For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,

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

14that I may, if possible, excite to emulation 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 reconciliation of the world, what will the reception of them 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

16And if the first portion of the dough is holy, so also will be the lump; and if the root is holy, so will be the branches.

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

17And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olive-tree,

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

18boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.

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

19Thou wilt say then, The 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

20Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not high-minded, 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 spared the natural branches, take care lest he spare not thee.

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

22Behold then the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee God’s goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also wilt be cut off.

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

23And they 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 thou hast been cut off from an olive-tree wild by nature, and hast against thy nature been ingrafted into a good olive-tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be ingrafted into their own olive-stock?

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

25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have 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 thus will all Israel be saved; as it is written, "There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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

27And this will be my covenant with them, when I shall have taken away their sins."

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

28In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes; but in regard to God’s choice, 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 in respect to his gifts and his calling, there is no change of purpose with God.

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

30For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

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

31so they too have now become disobedient, that they also may obtain mercy through the mercy shown to you.

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

32For God delivered up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

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

33O the depth of the riches, and of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his purposes, and his ways past finding out!

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

34For "who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been made his counselor?"

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

35or "who first gave to him, and shall receive a return?"

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

36For from 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