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Chapter 11 |
| 1 | I say then,
Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
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2 | God hath not cast away
his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how
he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, |
| 3 | Lord, they
have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone,
and they seek my life. |
| 4 | 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 Baal. |
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5 | Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace. |
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6 | And if by grace, then is
it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works,
then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. |
| 7 | What then?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath
obtained it, and the rest were blinded. |
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8 | (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. |
| 9 | And David
saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a
recompence unto them: |
| 10 | Let their eyes be darkened, that they may
not see, and bow down their back alway. |
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11 | I say then, Have they
stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
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| 12 | Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? |
| 13 |
For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office: |
| 14 | If by any means I may provoke to emulation
them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. |
| 15 | 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? |
| 16 | For if the firstfruit be
holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the
branches. |
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| 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; |
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18 | Boast not against the
branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root
thee. |
| 19 |
Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might
be graffed in. |
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20 | Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: |
| 21 | For if God
spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
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| 22 | Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. |
| 23 | And they also, if they abide
not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in
again. |
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| 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? |
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25 | 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 Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be
come in. |
| 26
| And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There
shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from
Jacob: |
| 27
| For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away
their sins. |
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28 | As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your
sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's
sakes. |
| 29
| For the gifts and calling of God are without
repentance. |
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30 | For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet
have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: |
| 31 | Even so have
these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain
mercy. |
| 32
| For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he
might have mercy upon all. |
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33 | O the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways
past finding out! |
| 34 | For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or
who hath been his counsellor? |
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35 | Or who hath first given to him, and it
shall be recompensed unto him again? |
| 36 | For of him, and through him,
and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. |
