Romans:11

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* I say then , Has God cast away his people ? No , in no wise . For I also am an Israelite , of the seed of Abraham , [of ] the tribe of Benjamin . * God has not cast away his people whom he knew beforehand . Know ye not what the scripture says of Elijah ? how speaking to God against Israel , he said , * Lord , they have killed thy prophets and ruined thine altars ; and I am left alone , and they seek my life . * But what did the answer of God say unto him ? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men , who have not bowed the knee before Baal . * Even so then at this present time also , there is a remnant by the gracious election [of God ]. * And if by grace , then [is it ] not by works ; otherwise , the grace is no longer grace . But if [it is ] of works , then it is no longer grace ; otherwise , the work is no longer work . * What then ? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks after ; but the elect have obtained it , and the rest were blinded * (according as it is written , God has given them the spirit of anguish , eyes with which they do not see and ears with which they do not hear ) unto this day . * And David says , Let their table be turned into a snare and a net and a stumblingblock and a recompense unto them ; * Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see , and bow down their back always . * I say then , Have they stumbled in such a manner that they should fall completely ? No , in no wise ; but [rather ] through their fall , saving health [is come ] unto the Gentiles to provoke them unto jealousy . * And if the fall of them is the riches of the world , and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles , how much more [shall ] their fullness [be ]? * For (I call you Gentiles ) inasmuch as I am truly the apostle of the Gentiles , my honorable ministry , * if in any manner I may provoke my nation to jealousy and cause some of them to be saved . * For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world , what [shall ] the receiving [of them be ], but life from the dead ? * For if the firstfruit is holy , so [shall ] the rest be ; and if the root [is ] holy , so [shall be ] the branches . * And if some of the branches were broken off , and thou , being a wild olive tree , wert grafted in among them and hath been made participant of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree , * do not boast against the branches . But if thou boast , [know ] that thou dost not bear the root , but the root thee . * Thou wilt say then , The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in . * Good ; because of [their ] unbelief they were broken off , but thou by faith art standing . Do not be highminded , but fear * that if God did not forgive the natural branches , neither shall he forgive thee . * Behold , therefore , the goodness and severity of God : on those who fell , severity , but toward thee , goodness if thou continue in [his ] goodness ; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off . * And even them , if they do not continue in unbelief , shall be grafted in , for God is powerful [enough ] to graft them in again . * For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree [which is ] wild by nature and wert grafted contrary to nature into the good olive tree , how much more shall these , which are the natural [branches ], be grafted into their own olive tree ? * For I would not , brethren , that ye ignore this mystery , that ye not be arrogant regarding yourselves : that blindness in part has happened in Israel , until the fullness of the Gentiles are come in . * And even if all Israel were saved , as it is written : There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer , and shall take away the ungodliness from Jacob ; * and this shall be my covenant unto them when I shall take away their sins . * So that , as concerning the gospel , [I have them for ] enemies for your sakes ; but as touching the election [of God ], they are beloved for the fathers ' sakes . * For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance . * For as ye in time past have not obeyed God , yet have now obtained mercy through the occasion of their disobedience , * likewise these also have not believed now that through the mercy shown unto you they also may obtain mercy . * For God enclosed everyone in disobedience , that he might have mercy upon everyone . * O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God ! How incomprehensible are his judgments and his ways past finding out ! * For who has understood the intent of the Lord ? or who has been his counselor ? * Or who has first given unto him , that it be recompensed unto him again ? * For of him and by him and in him [are ] all things . To him [be ] the glory for [the ] ages . Amen .:

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