Rom 11 | NASB1995 | STEP | I say then , God has not rejected His people , has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite , a descendant of Abraham , of the tribe of Benjamin .

Romans 11

Israel Is Not Cast Away

1 I say then, God has not ^arejected His people, has He? ^bMay it never be! For ^cI too am an Israelite, ^{▼▼ Lit of the seed of Abraham}a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God ^ehas not rejected His people whom He ^fforeknew. ^gOr do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 3 “Lord, ^h they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” 4 But what ^{▼▼ Lit says}is the divine response to him? ^j“I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time ^ka remnant according to God’s ^{▼▼ Lit choice of grace}gracious choice. 6 But ^mif it is by grace, it is no longer ^{▼▼ Lit out of}on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

7 What then? What ^oIsrael is seeking, it has not obtained, but ^{▼▼ Lit the election}those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were ^qhardened; 8 just as it is written, ^r“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”

9 And David says, ^s“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 ^t“Let their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their backs forever.”

11 ^uI say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? ^vMay it never be! But by their transgression ^wsalvation has come to the Gentiles, to ^xmake them jealous. 12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their ^{▼▼ Or fullness
,} ^zfulfillment be! 13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^aaI am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if somehow I might ^abmove to jealousy ^acmy ^{▼▼ Lit flesh}fellow countrymen and ^aesave some of them. 15 For if their rejection is the ^afreconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but ^aglife from the dead? 16 If the ^ahfirst piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

17 But if some of the ^aibranches were broken off, and ^ajyou, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the ^{▼▼ Lit root of the fatness}rich root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that ^alit is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. 19 ^amYou will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you ^anstand by your faith. ^aoDo not be conceited, but fear; 21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. 22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s ^apkindness, ^aqif you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also ^arwill be cut off. 23 And they also, ^asif they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut off 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 who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For ^atI do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this ^aumystery— so that you will not be ^avwise in your own estimation— that a partial ^awhardening has happened to Israel until the ^axfullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, ^ay“The Deliverer will come from Zion,
He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”
27 ^az“This is ^{▼▼ Lit the covenant from Me} My covenant with them,
^bb When I take away their sins.”

28 ^{▼▼ Lit According to the gospel}From the standpoint of the gospel they are ^bdenemies for your sake, but ^{▼▼ Lit according to the election}from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for ^bfthe sake of the fathers; 29 for the gifts and the ^bgcalling of God ^bhare irrevocable. 30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. 32 For ^biGod has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.

33 Oh, the depth of ^bjthe riches ^{▼▼ Or and the wisdom}both of the ^blwisdom and knowledge of God! ^bmHow unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! 34 For ^bn who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? 35 Or ^bo who has first given to Him ^{▼▼ Lit and it will be paid back} that it might be paid back to him again? 36 For ^bqfrom Him and through Him and to Him are all things. ^brTo Him be the glory ^{▼▼ Lit to the ages}forever. Amen.