Romans:11

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* I say then , Has God cast away his people ? By no means . For I also am an Israelite , a descendant of Abraham , of the tribe of Benjamin . * God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew . Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah ? how he appealed to God against Israel , saying , * Lord , they have killed your prophets , and pulled down your altars ; and I alone am left , and they seek my life . * But what is the answer God gives to him ? I have kept for myself seven thousand men , who have not bowed the knee to Baal . * Even so , at this present time , there is a remnant , chosen by grace . * And if by grace , then it is no longer by works : otherwise grace is no longer grace . * What then ? Israel has not obtained that which it sought ; but the elect have obtained it , and the rest were blinded . * As it is written , God has given them the spirit of stupor , eyes that should not see , and ears that should not hear ; down to this day . * And David says , Let their table be made a snare , and a trap , and a stumbling block , and a retribution to them : * Let their eyes be darkened , that they may not see , and bow down their backs forever . * I say then , Have they stumbled to fall beyond recovery ? By no means : but rather through their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles , to provoke them to jealousy . * Now if their fall means riches for the world , and their failure riches for the Gentiles ; how much more will their fullness bring ? * For I speak to you Gentiles . Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles , I make much of my ministry : * That I might provoke to envy my own people , and might save some of them . * For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world , what shall their acceptance be , but life from the dead ? * For if the piece of dough offered as firstfruits is holy , then the whole lump is also holy : and if the root is holy , so are the branches . * And if some of the branches were broken off , and you , a wild olive shoot , were grafted in among them , and with them partake in the rich root of the olive tree ; * Do not boast over the branches . If you boast , remember that you do not support the root , but the root supports you . * You will say , Branches were broken off , that I might be grafted in . * That is true ; because of unbelief they were broken off , and you stand only by faith . Do not be conceited , but fear : * For if God did not spare the natural branches , he will not spare you . * Therefore behold the kindness and severity of God : on those who fell , severity ; but toward you , kindness , if you continue in his kindness : otherwise you shall also be cut off . * And they also , if they do not persist in unbelief , shall be grafted in : for God is able to graft them in again . * For if you were cut off from an olive tree which is wild by nature , and contrary to nature were grafted onto a good olive tree : how much more shall these , which are the natural branches , be grafted into their own olive tree ? * Brethren , I would not have you be ignorant of this mystery , lest you should be wise in your own conceits ; that a hardening in part has happened to Israel , until the full number of Gentiles has come in . * And so all Israel shall be saved : as it is written , There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer , who shall banish ungodliness from Jacob : * For this is my covenant with them , when I shall take away their sins . * Concerning the gospel , they are enemies of God , for your sakes : but concerning election , they are beloved for the sake of the fathers . * For the gifts and calling of God are never revoked . * For as you in times past have not obeyed God , yet have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience : * Even so they have now become disobedient , that through the mercy shown you they may now also obtain mercy . * For God has consigned all men to disobedience , that he might have mercy upon all . * O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments , and his ways past finding out ! * For who has known the mind of the Lord ? or who has been his counsellor ? * Or who has first given to him , that he might be repaid ? * For from him , and through him , and to him , are all things . To him be glory forever . Amen .

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