Romans
Romans 11
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Romans 11 — Scripture text (King James Version)
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an , of the seed of , of the tribe of . God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of ? how he maketh intercession to God against , saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But 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 . Even so then at this present time also there is a according to the of . And if by , then is it no more of works: otherwise is no more . But if it be of works, then is it no more : otherwise work is no more work. What then? hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (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. And saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall is come unto the , for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the ; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you , inasmuch as I am the apostle of the , I magnify mine office: If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And 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; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by . Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. For 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? For 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 , until the fulness of the be come in. And so all shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of the , and shall turn away ungodliness from : For this is my unto them, when I shall take away their sins. As concerning the , they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the , they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without . For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained through their unbelief: Even so have these also now not believed, that through your they also may obtain . For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have upon all. O the depth of the riches both of the and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be for ever. Amen.