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Chapter 11
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I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.
For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of
the tribe of Benjamin. |
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God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.
Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he
maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, |
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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down
thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. |
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But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved
to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the
knee to the image of Baal. |
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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
according to the election of grace. |
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And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise
grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it
is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. |
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What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh
for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest
were blinded. |
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(According as it is written, God hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and
ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. |
9
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And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and
a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: |
10
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see,
and bow down their back alway. |
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I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall?
God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is
come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. |
12
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Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world,
and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles;
how much more their fulness? |
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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle
of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: |
14
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which
are my flesh, and might save some of them. |
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For if the casting away of them be the reconciling
of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but
life from the dead? |
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches. |
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And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou,
being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the
olive tree; |
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Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. |
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Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that
I might be graffed in. |
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Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and
thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: |
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For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee. |
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God:
on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness,
if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also
shalt be cut off. |
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And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief,
shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in
again. |
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For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is
wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into
a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be
the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive
tree? |
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For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits;
that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. |
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And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written,
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall
turn away ungodliness from Jacob: |
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For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take
away their sins. |
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As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your
sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved
for the father's sakes. |
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
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For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet
have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: |
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Even so have these also now not believed, that through
your mercy they also may obtain mercy. |
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he
might have mercy upon all. |
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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways
past finding out! |
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath
been his counsellor? |
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Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed
unto him again? |
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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things:
to whom be glory for ever. Amen. |
