Aug. 30
Romans 11
Rom 11:1 I ask then,
did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an
Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God didn't
reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don't you know what the
Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
Rom 11:3 "Lord,
they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars;
and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
Rom 11:4 But how does
God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men,
who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Rom 11:5 Even so then
at this present time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace.
Rom 11:6 And if by
grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer
grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work
is no longer work.
Rom 11:7 What then?
That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen
ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
Rom 11:8 According as
it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they
should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very
day."
Rom 11:9 David says,
"Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block,
and a retribution to them.
Rom 11:10 Let their
eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
Rom 11:11 I ask then,
did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their
fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if their
fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Rom 11:13 For I speak
to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I
glorify my ministry;
Rom 11:14 if by any
means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save
some of them.
Rom 11:15 For if the
rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their
acceptance be, but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 If the first
fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the
branches.
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 root and
of the richness of the olive tree;
Rom 11:18 don't boast
over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the
root, but the root supports you.
Rom 11:19 You will say
then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
Rom 11:20 True; by
their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith.
Don't be conceited, but fear;
Rom 11:21 for if God
didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Rom 11:22 See then the
goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but
toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you
also will be cut off.
Rom 11:23 They also, if
they don't continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is
able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if you
were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were
grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will
these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own
olive tree?
Rom 11:25 For I don't
desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you
won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has
happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
Rom 11:26 and so all
Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come
out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from
Jacob.
Rom 11:27 This is my
covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."
Rom 11:28 Concerning
the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the
election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts
and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Rom 11:30 For as you in
time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by
their disobedience,
Rom 11:31 even so these
also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they
may also obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32 For God has
shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.
Rom 11:33 Oh the depth
of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How
unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Rom 11:34 "For who
has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"
Rom 11:35 "Or who
has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?"
Rom 11:36 For of him,
and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for
ever! Amen.