Romans

11 I say then—Hath God cast off his people? Far be it! For I also am an Israelite,—Of the seed of Abraham, Of the tribe of Benjamin:

2 God hath not cast off his people whom he fore approved. Or know ye not in [the account of] Elijah what the scripture saith when he intercedeth with God against Israel?

3 Lord! Thy prophets have they slain, Thine altars have they overthrown, And I am left alone And they are seeking my life!

4 But what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who indeed have not bowed a knee unto Baal.

5 Thus then in the present season also A remnant by way of an election of favour hath come into being.

6 If however by favour no longer of works; else favour no longer proveth to be favour!

7 What then? That which Israel seeketh after the same it hath not obtained:—The election however have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened;—

8 Even as it is written—God hath given unto them a spirit of stupor,—eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,—until this very day;

9 And David saith—Let their table be turned into a snare and into a gin and into a trap and into a recompense unto them,

10 Darkened be their eyes, not to see, And their back do thou continually bow down.

11 I say then—Did they stumble in order that they might fall? Far be it! But by their fall salvation [hath come] unto the nations, to the end of provoking them to jealousy.

12 If moreover their fall is the riches of a world, And their loss the riches of nations How much rather their fullness?

13 Unto you however am I speaking,—you of the nations; Inasmuch indeed then as I am an apostle to the nations my ministry I glorify,

14 If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, And save some from among them;—

15 For if the casting away of them hath become the reconciling of a world What shall the taking of them in addition be but life from among the dead?

16 If moreover the first fruit [is] holy the lump [shall be] also; And if the root [is] holy the branches [shall be] also.

17 If however some of the branches have been broken out, And thou being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them And hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive

18 Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit if thou boast It is not thou that bearest the root, But the root thee!

19 Thou wilt say then—Branches were broken out in order that I might he grafted in.

20 Well: By their want of faith they have been broken out,—And thou by thy faith dost stand!—Regard not lofty things But be afraid;

21 For if God hath not spared the natural branches Neither thee will he spare!

22 See then the kindness and the severity of God: Upon them who have fallen severity,—But upon thee the kindness of God, If thou abide still in the kindness,—Otherwise thou also shalt be cut out;

23 Whereas they also unless they abide still in their want of faith Shall be grafted in, For God is able again to engraft them!

24 For if thou out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, And beyond nature hast been engrafted into the good olive How much rather shall these the natural [branches] be engrafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I wish not ye should be ignorant, brethren, of this sacred secret, Lest within yourselves ye be presumptuous That a hardening in part hath befallen Israel Until the full measure of the nations shall come in;

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: Even as it is written—There shall have come out of Zion the Deliverer,—He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

27 And this for them is the covenant from me, As soon as I take away their sins.

28 As touching the joyful-message indeed they are enemies for your sake, But as touching the election beloved for their fathers’ sake;

29 For not to be regretted are the gifts and the calling of God:—

30 For just as ye at one time had not yielded unto God, And yet now have received mercy by their refusal to yield

31 So these also have now refused to yield by your own mercy, In order that themselves also should now become objects of mercy;

32 For God hath shut up all together in a refusal to yield, In order that upon all he may bestow mercy.

33 Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! And untraceable his ways!

34 For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counsellor?

35 Or who hath first given unto him and it shall be recompensed to him again?

36 Because of him, and through him, and unto him are all things:—Unto him be the glory unto the ages. Amen!