Romans:11
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I say then ,
Hath God cast away his people ?
God forbid .
For I also am an Israelite ,
of the seed of Abraham ,
of the tribe of Benjamin .
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God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew .
Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias ?
how he maketh intercession to God against Israel ,
saying ,
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Lord ,
they have killed thy prophets ,
and digged down thine altars ;
and I am left alone ,
and they seek my life .
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But what saith the answer of God unto him ?
I have reserved to myself seven thousand men ,
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal .
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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace .
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And if by grace ,
then is it no more of works :
otherwise grace is no more grace .
But if it be of works ,
then is it no more grace :
otherwise work is no more work .
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What then ?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ;
but the election hath obtained it ,
and the rest were blinded
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According as it is written ,
God hath given them the spirit of slumber ,
eyes that they should not see ,
and ears that they should not hear ;)
unto this day .
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And David saith ,
Let their table be made a snare ,
and a trap ,
and a stumblingblock ,
and a recompence unto them :
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Let their eyes be darkened ,
that they may not see ,
and bow down their back alway .
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I say then ,
Have they stumbled that they should fall ?
God forbid :
but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles ,
for to provoke them to jealousy .
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Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world ,
and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles ;
how much more their fulness ?
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For I speak to you Gentiles ,
inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles ,
I magnify mine office :
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh ,
and might save some of them .
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For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world ,
what shall the receiving of them be ,
but life from the dead ?
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For if the firstfruit be holy ,
the lump is also holy :
and if the root be holy ,
so are the branches .
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And if some of the branches be broken off ,
and thou ,
being a wild olive tree ,
wert graffed in among them ,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree ;
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Boast not against the branches .
But if thou boast ,
thou bearest not the root ,
but the root thee .
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Thou wilt say then ,
The branches were broken off ,
that I might be graffed in .
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Well ;
because of unbelief they were broken off ,
and thou standest by faith .
Be not highminded ,
but fear :
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For if God spared not the natural branches ,
take heed lest he also spare not thee .
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God :
on them which fell ,
severity ;
but toward thee ,
goodness ,
if thou continue in his goodness :
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off .
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And they also ,
if they abide not still in unbelief ,
shall be graffed in :
for God is able to graff them in again .
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature ,
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree :
how much more shall these ,
which be the natural branches ,
be graffed into their own olive tree ?
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For I would not ,
brethren ,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery ,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits ;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel ,
until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in .
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And so all Israel shall be saved :
as it is written ,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer ,
and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob :
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For this is my covenant unto them ,
when I shall take away their sins .
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As concerning the gospel ,
they are enemies for your sakes :
but as touching the election ,
they are beloved for the fathers '
sakes .
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance .
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For as ye in times past have not believed God ,
yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief :
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Even so have these also now not believed ,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy .
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief ,
that he might have mercy upon all .
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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 !
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord ?
or who hath been his counsellor ?
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Or who hath first given to him ,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again ?
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For of him ,
and through him ,
and to him ,
are all things :
to whom be glory for ever .
Amen .