Romans 11:1-22

¹I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

²God hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to God against Israel:

³“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life.”

⁴But what saith the answer of God to him? “I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

⁵In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election of grace.

⁶And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?

⁷What Israel seeketh after, that Israel did not obtain; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

⁸as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day.”

⁹And David saith, “Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;

¹⁰let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see; and bow down their back alway.”

¹¹I say then, Did they stumble in order to fall? God forbid! But by their offence salvation is come to the gentiles to excite them to emulation.

¹²But if their offence is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the gentiles, how much more will their fullness be?

¹³For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,

¹⁴that I may, if possible, excite to emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

¹⁵For if the rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world, what will the reception of them be, but life from the dead?

¹⁶And if the first portion of the dough is holy, so also will be the lump; and if the root is holy, so will be the branches.

¹⁷And if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker with them of the root and fatness of the olive-tree,

¹⁸boast not over the branches; for if thou boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee.

¹⁹Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

²⁰Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not high-minded, but fear.

²¹For if God spared the natural branches, take care lest he spare not thee.

²²Behold then the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise thou also wilt be cut off.