Romans 11

I say then, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I also am an Israelite; of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God did not reject his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he petitions God against Israel:

Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I am the only one left, and they seek my life.

But what was God’s answer to him? I have preserved for myself 7,000 men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

So too, at the present time there has also come to be a remnant, according to a choice made by grace.

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? That which Israel is earnestly seeking, they have not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest became hardened,

as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, to this very day.

And David says, Let their dining table become a snare and a trap, and a death trap, and a due retribution to them.

Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and make their backs bent continually.

I say then, did they stumble resulting in falling beyond recovery? Absolutely not! But because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to make them jealous.

Now if their transgression resulted in riches for the world, and their failure resulted in riches for the Gentiles, how much more riches will their full number mean!

Now I speak to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I am glorifying my ministry

if somehow I can provoke to jealousy those of my flesh and save some of them.

For if their rejection results in the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance result in but life from among the dead?

Now if the piece offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump of dough, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint-partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,

do not boast against the branches. But if you are boasting, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

True. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by trust. Do not be arrogant but be in fear,

for if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

Consider, therefore, the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were 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?

For brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant of this sacred secret, so that you will not become wise in your own estimation, that a hardening has come on part of Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,

and in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion. He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

And this will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.

In regard to the good news, they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to God’s choice, they are beloved for the sake of the Fathers.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For just as at one time you defied God, but now have received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

even so they too have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also can now receive mercy.

For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience, so that he can have mercy on everyone.

O the depth of the riches of both the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and untraceable his ways!

or Who has first given a gift to Him and it must be repaid to him?”

For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.