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11:1 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.
11:2 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,
11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
11:4 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.
11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
according to the election of grace.
11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace
is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work.
11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;
but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
11:8 (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.
11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow
down their back alway.
11:11 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.
11:12 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?
11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of
the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my
flesh, and might save some of them.
11:15 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?
11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if
the root be holy, so are the branches.
11:17 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;
11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou
bearest not the root, but the root thee.
11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might
be graffed in.
11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he
also spare not thee.
11:22 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.
11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
11:24 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?
11:25 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.
11:26 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:
11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away
their sins.
11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but
as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's
sakes.
11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now
obtained mercy through their unbelief:
11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your
mercy they also may obtain mercy.
11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might
have mercy upon all.
11:33 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!
11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his
counsellor?
11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed
unto him again?
11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to
whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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