Romans:11

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* I ask , then , has God rejected his people ? Certainly not ! I myself am an Israelite , a descendant of Abraham , a member of the tribe of Benjamin . * God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew . Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah , how he pleads with God against Israel ?— * »Lord , they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars , and I alone am left , and they seek my life .« * But what is God 's reply to him ? »I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal .« * So too at the present time there is a remnant , chosen by grace . * And if it is by grace , then it is no longer on the basis of works ; otherwise , grace would no longer be grace . * What then ? Israel did not obtain what it sought . The elect obtained it , but the rest were hardened , * as it is written : * And David says : tcent @Romans:11:10 " /> * So I ask , have they stumbled so as to fall ? Certainly not ! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles , to make Israel jealous . * Now if their trespass means riches for the world , and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles , how much more will their fullness mean ! * Now I am speaking to you Gentiles . Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles , I magnify my ministry * in the hope that I may somehow arouse to jealousy the kinsmen of my flesh and save some of them . * For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world , what will their acceptance be but life from the dead ? * If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy , then the whole lump is 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 the rest to share the root of the olive tree , * do not boast over the branches . If you do boast , remember that you do not support the root , but the root supports you . * You will say then , »Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in .« * That is true . They were broken off because of their unbelief , but you stand fast only by faith . So do not be proud , but stand in awe . * For if God did not spare the natural branches , he will not spare you either . * Therefore consider the kindness and the severity of God : severity toward those who fell , but kindness to you , provided you continue in his kindness ; otherwise you also will be cut off . * And they also , if they do not persist in unbelief , will be grafted in , for God is able to graft them in again . * For if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature , and were grafted , contrary to nature , into a cultivated olive tree , how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree ! * I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery , brothers , so that you may not be conceited : Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in . * And so all Israel will be saved , as it is written : tcent @Romans:11:27 " /> * As regards the gospel they are enemies of God , for your sake ; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers . * For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable . * Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience , * so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy . * For God has bound all men over to disobedience , that he may have mercy upon all . * Oh , the depth of the riches and of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out ! tcent @Romans:11:34 " /> tcent @Romans:11:35 " /> * For from him and through him and to him are all things . To him be glory forever . Amen .

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