Darby Bible Translation

New American Standard Bible

A Remnant of Israel

I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of [the] seed of Abraham, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.

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Israel Is Not Cast Away

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in [the history of] Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and *I* have been left alone, and they seek my life.

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“Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.”

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But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.

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But what is the divine response to him? “I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.”

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Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.

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In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

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But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.

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But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

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What [is it] then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,

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What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

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according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.

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just as it is written,
“GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,
EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT,
DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY.”

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And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:

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And David says,
“LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP,
AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.

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let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.

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“LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT,
AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER.”

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The Ingrafting of the Gentiles

I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.

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I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.

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But if their fall [be the] world's wealth, and their loss [the] wealth of [the] nations, how much rather their fulness?

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Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!

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For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as *I* am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;

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But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

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if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among them.

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if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

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For if their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?

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

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Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.

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If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

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Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and *thou*, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

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

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boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not *thou* bearest the root, but the root thee.

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do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

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Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order that *I* might be grafted in.

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

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Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and *thou* standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:

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Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

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if God indeed has not spared the natural branches; lest it might be he spare not thee either.

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for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.

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Behold then [the] goodness and severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since [otherwise] *thou* also wilt be cut away.

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Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

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And *they* too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able again to graft them in.

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

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For if *thou* hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted into their own olive tree?

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For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

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All Israel Shall Be Saved

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;

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For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery — so that you will not be wise in your own estimation — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

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and so all Israel shall be saved. According as it is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
“THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION,
HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”

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And this is the covenant from me to them, when I shall have taken away their sins.

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“THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM,
WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”

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As regards the glad tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.

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From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

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For the gifts and the calling of God [are] not subject to repentance.

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for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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For as indeed *ye* [also] once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of *these*;

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For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

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so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that *they* also may be objects of mercy.

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so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.

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For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all.

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For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.

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Doxology

O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!

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Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

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For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?

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For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR?

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or who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him?

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Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN?

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For of him, and through him, and for him [are] all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.

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For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

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Romans 11

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