1 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:

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 G od 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,

God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

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

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

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

But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

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

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 a nd 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.

But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

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

What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

8 a ccording 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,

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, unto this very day.

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

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

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

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

11 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;

I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

12 a nd 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?

Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

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

But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

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

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

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

For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

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

And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 A nd 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 --

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

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

glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

19 T hou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!

Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

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

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

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

for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

22 L o, 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.

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

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

And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

24 f or 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?

For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 F or 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;

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

26 a nd 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,

and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

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

And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

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

As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

29 f or unrepented of the gifts and the calling of God;

For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.

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

For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

31 s o also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

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

For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

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

O 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!

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

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

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

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

36 b ecause of Him, and through Him, and to Him the all things; to Him the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.