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Romans 11 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Israel Has Not Been Rejected

Rom 11:1

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? [fn]Far from it! For I too am an Israelite, [fn]a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Rom 11:2God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Rom 11:3“Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.”
Rom 11:4But what [fn]is the divine response to him? “I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.”
Rom 11:5In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s [fn]gracious choice.
Rom 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer [fn]on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace.
Rom 11:7

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but [fn]those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

Rom 11:8just as it is written:

“GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,

EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT,

DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY.”

Rom 11:9

And David says,

“MAY THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP,

AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.

Rom 11:10

“MAY THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT,

AND BEND THEIR BACKS CONTINUALLY.”

Rom 11:11

I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? [fn]Far from it! But by their wrongdoing salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.

Rom 11:12Now if their wrongdoing proves to be riches for the world, and their failure, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their [fn]fulfillment be!
Rom 11:13But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
Rom 11:14if somehow I may move my [fn]own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Rom 11:15For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are as well.
Rom 11:17

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

Rom 11:18do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
Rom 11:19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Rom 11:20Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
Rom 11:21for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
Rom 11:22See then the kindness and severity of God: to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; for otherwise you too will be cut off.
Rom 11:23And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
Rom 11:25

For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

Rom 11:26and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written:

“THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION,

HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”

Rom 11:27

“THIS IS [fn]MY COVENANT WITH THEM,

WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”

Rom 11:28

In relation to the gospel they are enemies on your account, but in relation to God’s choice they are beloved on account of the fathers;

Rom 11:29for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Rom 11:30For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
Rom 11:31so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.
Rom 11:32For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that He may show mercy to all.
Rom 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches, [fn]both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Rom 11:34For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR?
Rom 11:35Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM, [fn]THAT IT WOULD BE PAID BACK TO HIM?
Rom 11:36For from Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory [fn]forever. Amen.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit May it never happen!
Lit of the seed of Abraham
Lit says
Lit choice of grace
Lit out of
Lit the election
Lit May it never happen!
Or fullness
Lit flesh
Lit root of the fatness
Lit the covenant from Me
Or and the wisdom
Lit and it will be paid back
Lit to the ages
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