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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, it may well be he will not spare you. 22 Consider therefore the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And even they, if they do not abide in their unbelief, will be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you who have been cut from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and grafted contrary to your nature to become a good olive tree: how much more fruitful would they be, if they were grafted into their natural olive tree? 25 I am desirous, my brethren, that you should know this mystery, so that you may not be wise in your own conceits; for blindness of heart has to some degree befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. 26 And then all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, A deliverer shall come out of Zion, and he shall remove ungodliness from Jacob: 27 And then they shall have the same covenant from me, when I have forgiven their sins. 28 Now according to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes. 29 For God does not withdraw his gift and his call. 30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God and have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience, 31 Likewise, they are also disobedient now to the mercy which is upon you, that there may be mercy upon them also. 32 For God has included all men in disobedience, that he might have mercy on every man. 33 O the depth of the riches, the wisdom, and the knowledge of God! for no man has searched his judgment, and his ways are inscrutable. 34 For who has known the mind of the LORD? or who has been his counsellor? 35 Or who has first given to him and then received from him? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to him be glory and blessing, for ever and ever. Amen. Romans 11:21-36, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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