| 11 | Romans | ||
| 1 | I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. | The Remnant of Israel Ro.11.1-10 | |
| 2 | God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? | - God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Eli Ro.11.2 - Ps.94.14 | |
| 3 | "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." | - "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have demolished thy altars, and I alone am left, Ro.11.3 - 1Kgs.19.10-14 | |
| 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." | - But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed th Ro.11.4 - 1Kgs.19.18 | |
| 5 | So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. | ||
| 6 | But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. | ||
| 7 | What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, | ||
| 8 | as it is written, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, down to this very day." | - eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear Ro.11.8 - Dt.29.4, Is.29.10 | |
| 9 | And David says, a pitfall and a retribution for them; | - Let their table become a snare and a trap Ro.11.9-10 - Ps.69.22-23, Ps.35.8 | |
| 10 | let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs for ever." | ||
| 11 | So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. | The Salvation of the Gentiles Ro.11.11-24 | |
| 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! | ||
| 13 | Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry | ||
| 14 | in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. | ||
| 15 | For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? | ||
| 16 | If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. | ||
| 17 | But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree, | ||
| 18 | do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. | ||
| 19 | You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." | ||
| 20 | That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. | ||
| 21 | For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 23 | And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. | ||
| 24 | For if you have been 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 natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree. | ||
| 25 | Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in, | The Restoration of Israel Ro.11.25-36 | |
| 26 | and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob"; | - The Deliverer will come from Zion Ro.11.26 - Is.59.20-21, Ps.14.7 | |
| 27 | "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins." | - and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins. Ro.11.27 - Is.27.9, Jr.31.33 | |
| 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. | ||
| 29 | For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. | ||
| 30 | Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, | ||
| 31 | so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. | ||
| 32 | For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all. | ||
| 33 | O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! | ||
| 34 | "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" | - For who has known the mind of the Lord Ro.11.34 - Is.40.13, Jb.15.8, Is.23.18 | |
| 35 | "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" | - who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? Ro.11.35 - Jb.41.11 | |
| 36 | For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen. | ||
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