Romans 11:11-36 ▼

11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery (did they stumble so as to lose their share?)? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles {ethnesin} to make Israel jealous.

12 But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles {ethnōn}, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

13 I am speaking to you⁺ Gentiles {ethnesin}. Inasmuch as I am the apostle (sent one) to the Gentiles {ethnōn}, I magnify my ministry {diakonian}

14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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

16 If the first part of the dough is holy (set apart), so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.

20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

21 For if God {Theos} did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not (He will perhaps not) spare you either.

22 Take notice (behold), therefore, of the kindness and severity of God {Theou}: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God {Theos} is able to graft them in again.

24 For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

25 I do not want you⁺ to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers (and sisters), so that you⁺ will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel (He wrestles with God), until the full number of the Gentiles {ethnōn} has come in.

26 And so all Israel (He wrestles with God) will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob (he grasps the heel).

27 And this is My covenant {diathēkē} with them when I take away their sins .”

28 Regarding the gospel (good news), they are enemies on your⁺ account; but regarding election, they are loved {agapētoi} on account of the patriarchs {pateras}.

29 For God’s {Theou} gifts and His call are irrevocable.

30 Just as you⁺ who formerly disobeyed God {Theō} have now received mercy through their disobedience,

31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you⁺ [may receive mercy through your mercy].

32 For God {Theos} has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.

33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God {Theou}! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord {Kyriou}? Or who has been His counselor ?”

35 “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him ?”

36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory {doxa} forever \to the ages/! Amen.