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Romans 11
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1I 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.
1So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2God 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,
2God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
3Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.
4But 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.
4But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
5In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
6But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
7What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
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.
8As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
9And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
10Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
11I 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.
11So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
12Now 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?
12Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?
13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
13But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
14If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
15For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
16For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
16And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17And 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;
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
18Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.
19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
19You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in.
20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
20Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;
21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
21For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.
22Behold 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.
22See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
23And they, if they do not go on without faith, will be united to the tree again, because God is able to put them in again.
24For 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?
24For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?
25For 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.
25For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
26And 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:
26And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
27And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.
28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
28As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
29Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
30For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
31So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
32For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
34Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?