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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 (11:1)

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, (11:2)

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life (11:3)

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 (11:4)

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace (11:5)

And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work (11:6)

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (11:7)

(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 (11:8)

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them: (11:9)

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back alway (11:10)

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 (11:11)

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? (11:12)

For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: (11:13)

If by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them (11:14)

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? (11:15)

For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches (11:16)

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (11:17)

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee (11:18)

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in (11:19)

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: (11:20)

For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee (11:21)

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 (11:22)

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again (11:23)

For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree? (11:24)

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 (11:25)

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: (11:26)

For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins (11:27)

As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes (11:28)

For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance (11:29)

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: (11:30)

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy (11:31)

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all (11:32)

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! (11:33)

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? (11:34)

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (11:35)

For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen (11:36)

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