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Romans 11

Israel Is Not Cast Away

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I say then, God has not  arejected His people, has He?  bMay it never be! For  cI too am an Israelite,  1a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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God  ahas not rejected His people whom He  bforeknew.  cOr do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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"Lord,  aTHEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."

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But what  1is the divine response to him? " aI HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."

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In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time  aa remnant according to God's  1gracious choice.

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But  aif it is by grace, it is no longer  1on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

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What then? What  aIsrael is seeking, it has not obtained, but  1those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were  bhardened;

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just as it is written, " aGOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY."

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And David says, " aLET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.

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aLET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER."

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 aI say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they?  bMay it never be! But by their transgression  csalvation has come to the Gentiles, to  dmake them jealous.

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Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their  1 afulfillment be!

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But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as  aI am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

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if somehow I might  amove to jealousy  bmy  1fellow countrymen and  csave some of them.

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For if their rejection is the  areconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but  blife from the dead?

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If the  afirst piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

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But if some of the  abranches were broken off, and  byou, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the  1rich root of the olive tree,

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do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that  ait is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

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 aYou will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."

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Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you  astand by your faith.  bDo not be conceited, but fear;

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for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.

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Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's  akindness,  bif you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also  cwill be cut off.

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And they also,  aif they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

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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?

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For  aI do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this  bmystery--so that you will not be  cwise in your own estimation--that a partial  dhardening has happened to Israel until the  efullness of the Gentiles has come in;

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and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, " aTHE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB."

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aTHIS IS  1MY COVENANT WITH THEM,  bWHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS."

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 1From the standpoint of the gospel they are  aenemies for your sake, but  2from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for  bthe sake of the fathers;

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for the gifts and the  acalling of God  bare irrevocable.

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For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

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so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.

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For  aGod has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.

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Oh, the depth of  athe riches  1both of the  bwisdom and knowledge of God!  cHow unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

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For  aWHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR?

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Or  aWHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM  1THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN?

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For  afrom Him and through Him and to Him are all things.  bTo Him be the glory  1forever. Amen.



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