Romans:11:1-21

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* I say then , Did not God put away His people ? Let it not be [said ]! For I also am an Israelite , of the seed of Abraham , of [the ] tribe of Benjamin . * God did not thrust out His people whom He foreknew . Or do you not know what the Scripture said in Elijah , how he pleaded with God against Israel , saying , * Lord , they killed Your prophets and dug down Your altars , and I am left alone , and they seek my life . * But what does the Divine answer say to him ? I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal . * Even so then , also in this present time a remnant according to the election of grace has come into being . * But if by grace , then [it is ] no more of works ; otherwise grace is no more grace . But if [it is ] of works , then it is no more of grace ; otherwise work is no more work . * What then ? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks , but the election obtained [it ], and the rest were hardened * even as it is written , God gave to them a spirit of slumber , eyes not seeing , and ears not hearing until this day . * And David said , Let their table become for a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense to them . * Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see , and their back always bowing . * I say then , Did they not stumble that they fall ? Let it not be ! But by their slipping away came salvation to the nations , to provoke them to jealousy . * But if their slipping away [is ] the riches of [the ] world , and their default is [the ] riches of [the ] nations , how much more their fullness ? * For I speak to you , the nations ; since I am the apostle of the nations , I glorify my ministry ; * if by any means I may provoke [those who are ] my flesh to jealousy , and might save some of them . * For if their casting away [is the ] reconciling of [the ] world , what [is ] the reception except life from [the ] dead ? * For if the firstfruit [is ] holy , the lump [is ] also [holy ]; and if the root [is ] holy , also the branches . * And if some of the branches were broken off , and you , being a wild olive tree , were grafted in among them , and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them , * do not boast against the branches . But if you boast , [it is ] not you [that ] bears the root , but the root bears you . * You will say then , The branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in . * Well , because of unbelief they were broken off , and you stand by faith . Do not [be ] high-minded , but fear . * For if God did not spare the natural branches , [fear ] lest He also may not spare you either !

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