1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

2 G od has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

3 “ L ord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life” ?

`Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

4 B ut what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

but what saith the divine answer to him? `I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'

5 E ven so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;

6 A nd 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.

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

7 W hat then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,

8 J ust as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.”

according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

9 A nd David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them.

and David saith, `Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

10 L et their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always.” Israel’s Rejection Not Final

let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.

I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;

12 N ow if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!

and if the fall of them the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?

13 F or I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

14 i f by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.

if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

15 F or if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

for if the casting away of them a reconciliation of the world, what the reception -- if not life out of the dead?

16 F or if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

and if the first-fruit holy, the lump also; and if the root holy, the branches also.

17 A nd if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,

And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become --

18 d o not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

19 Y ou will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”

Thou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!

20 W ell said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.

by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;

21 F or if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

for if God the natural branches did not spare -- lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

22 T herefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

23 A nd they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;

24 F or if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

25 F or I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

26 A nd so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, `There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

27 F or this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”

and this to them the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.'

28 C oncerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

As regards, indeed, the good tidings, enemies on your account; and as regards the choice -- beloved on account of the fathers;

29 F or the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

for unrepented of the gifts and the calling of God;

30 F or as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

31 e ven so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.

so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

32 F or God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

for God did shut up together the whole to unbelief, that to the whole He might do kindness.

33 O h, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

34 “ For who has known the mind of the Lord ? Or who has become His counselor?”

for who did know the mind of the Lord? or who did become His counsellor?

35 “ Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?”

or who did first give to Him, and it shall be given back to him again?

36 F or of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

because of Him, and through Him, and to Him the all things; to Him the glory -- to the ages. Amen.