11:1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel 11:3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." 11:4 But what is God's reply to him "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. 11:7 What then Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 11:8 as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day." 11:9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them; 11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever." 11:11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 11:12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! 11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 11:14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 11:15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead 11:16 If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 11:18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 11:19 Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." 11:20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 11:22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 11:23 And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 11:24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. 11:25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 11:26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; 11:27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins." 11:28 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. 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 11:30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 11:31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. 11:32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all. 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 11:34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor" 11:35 "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid" 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.