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.
02 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,
03 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and
digged down thine altars; and I am left alone,
and they seek my life.
04 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.
05 Even so then at this present time also there
is a remnant according to the election of grace.
06 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.
07 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which
he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained
it, and the rest were blinded.
08 (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.
09 And David saith, Let their table be made a
snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a
recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see, and bow down their back alway.
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.
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?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine
office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation
them which are my flesh, and might save some of
them.
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?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is
also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the
branches.
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;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou
boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root
thee.
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19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken
off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken
off, and thou standest by faith. Be not
highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches,
take heed lest he also spare not thee.
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.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to
graff them in again.
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?
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.
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:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for
your sakes: but as touching the election, they
are beloved for the father's sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without
repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God,
yet have now obtained mercy through their
unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that
through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon all.
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!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or
who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall
be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are
all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
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