Roemer 11
Luther Bibel 1545
11 So sage ich nun: Hat denn Gott sein Volk verstoßen? Das sei ferne! Denn ich bin auch ein Israeliter von dem Samen Abrahams, aus dem Geschlecht Benjamin.
2 Gott hat sein Volk nicht verstoßen, welches er zuvor ersehen hat. Oder wisset ihr nicht, was die Schrift sagt von Elia, wie er tritt vor Gott wider Israel und spricht:
3 "HERR, sie haben deine Propheten getötet und deine Altäre zerbrochen; und ich bin allein übriggeblieben, und sie stehen mir nach meinem Leben"?
4 Aber was sagt die göttliche Antwort? "Ich habe mir lassen übrig bleiben siebentausend Mann, die nicht haben ihre Kniee gebeugt vor dem Baal."
5 Also gehet es auch jetzt zu dieser Zeit mit diesen, die übriggeblieben sind nach der Wahl der Gnade.
6 Ist's aber aus Gnaden, so ist's nicht aus Verdienst der Werke; sonst würde Gnade nicht Gnade sein. Ist's aber aus Verdienst der Werke, so ist die Gnade nichts; sonst wäre Verdienst nicht Verdienst.
7 Wie denn nun? Was Israel sucht, das erlangte es nicht; die Auserwählten aber erlangten es. Die andern sind verstockt,
8 wie geschrieben steht: "Gott hat ihnen gegeben eine Geist des Schlafs, Augen, daß sie nicht sehen, und Ohren, daß sie nicht hören, bis auf den heutigen Tag."
9 Und David spricht: "Laß ihren Tisch zu einem Strick werden und zu einer Berückung und zum Ärgernis und ihnen zur Vergeltung.
10 Verblende ihre Augen, daß sie nicht sehen, und beuge ihren Rücken allezeit."
11 So sage ich nun: Sind sie darum angelaufen, daß sie fallen sollten? Das sei ferne! Sondern aus ihrem Fall ist den Heiden das Heil widerfahren, auf daß sie denen nacheifern sollten.
12 Denn so ihr Fall der Welt Reichtum ist, und ihr Schade ist der Heiden Reichtum, wie viel mehr, wenn ihre Zahl voll würde?
13 Mit euch Heiden rede ich; denn dieweil ich der Heiden Apostel bin, will ich mein Amt preisen,
14 ob ich möchte die, so mein Fleisch sind, zu eifern reizen und ihrer etliche selig machen.
15 Denn so ihre Verwerfung der Welt Versöhnung ist, was wird ihre Annahme anders sein als Leben von den Toten?
16 Ist der Anbruch heilig, so ist auch der Teig heilig; und so die Wurzel heilig ist, so sind auch die Zweige heilig.
17 Ob aber nun etliche von den Zweigen ausgebrochen sind und du, da du ein wilder Ölbaum warst, bist unter sie gepfropft und teilhaftig geworden der Wurzel und des Safts im Ölbaum,
18 so rühme dich nicht wider die Zweige. Rühmst du dich aber wider sie, so sollst du wissen, daß du die Wurzel nicht trägst, sondern die Wurzel trägt dich.
19 So sprichst du: Die Zweige sind ausgebrochen, das ich hineingepfropft würde.
20 Ist wohl geredet! Sie sind ausgebrochen um ihres Unglaubens willen; du stehst aber durch den Glauben. Sei nicht stolz, sondern fürchte dich.
21 Hat Gott die natürlichen Zweige nicht verschont, daß er vielleicht dich auch nicht verschone.
22 Darum schau die Güte und den Ernst Gottes: den Ernst an denen, die gefallen sind, die Güte aber an dir, sofern du an der Güte bleibst; sonst wirst du auch abgehauen werden.
23 Und jene, so nicht bleiben in dem Unglauben, werden eingepfropft werden; Gott kann sie wohl wieder einpfropfen.
24 Denn so du aus dem Ölbaum, der von Natur aus wild war, bist abgehauen und wider die Natur in den guten Ölbaum gepropft, wie viel mehr werden die natürlichen eingepropft in ihren eigenen Ölbaum.
25 Ich will euch nicht verhalten, liebe Brüder, dieses Geheimnis (auf daß ihr nicht stolz seid): Blindheit ist Israel zum Teil widerfahren, so lange, bis die Fülle der Heiden eingegangen sei
26 und also das ganze Israel selig werde, wie geschrieben steht: "Es wird kommen aus Zion, der da erlöse und abwende das gottlose Wesen von Jakob.
27 Und dies ist mein Testament mit ihnen, wenn ich ihre Sünden werde wegnehmen."
28 Nach dem Evangelium sind sie zwar Feinde um euretwillen; aber nach der Wahl sind sie Geliebte um der Väter willen.
29 Gottes Gaben und Berufung können ihn nicht gereuen.
30 Denn gleicherweise wie auch ihr weiland nicht habt geglaubt an Gott, nun aber Barmherzigkeit überkommen habt durch ihren Unglauben,
31 also haben auch jene jetzt nicht wollen glauben an die Barmherzigkeit, die euch widerfahren ist, auf daß sie auch Barmherzigkeit überkommen.
32 Denn Gott hat alle beschlossen unter den Unglauben, auf daß er sich aller erbarme.
33 O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums, beides, der Weisheit und Erkenntnis Gottes! Wie gar unbegreiflich sind sein Gerichte und unerforschlich seine Wege!
34 Denn wer hat des HERRN Sinn erkannt, oder wer ist sein Ratgeber gewesen?
35 Oder wer hat ihm etwas zuvor gegeben, daß ihm werde wiedervergolten?
36 Denn von ihm und durch ihn und zu ihm sind alle Dinge. Ihm sei Ehre in Ewigkeit! Amen.
Romans 11
Revised Standard Version
Israel’s Rejection Is Not Final
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Eli′jah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have demolished thy altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Ba′al.” 5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 8 as it is written,
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear,
down to this very day.”
9 And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a pitfall and a retribution for them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs for ever.”
The Salvation of the Gentiles
11 So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? 16 If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness[a] of the olive tree, 18 do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 You will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. 23 And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. 24 For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
All Israel Will Be Saved
25 Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in, 26 and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written,
“The Deliverer will come from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
27 “and this will be my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”
28 As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. 30 Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may[b] receive mercy. 32 For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
35 “Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:17 Other ancient authorities read rich root
- Romans 11:31 Other ancient authorities add now
Romans 11
New International Version
The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C) 2 God did not reject his people,(D) whom he foreknew.(E) Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[a]?(F) 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[b](G) 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant(H) chosen by grace.(I) 6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(J) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(K) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(L) 8 as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that could not see
and ears that could not hear,(M)
to this very day.”[c](N)
9 And David says:
“May their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,(O)
and their backs be bent forever.”[d](P)
Ingrafted Branches
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(Q) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(R) to make Israel envious.(S) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(T) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(U) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(V) and save(W) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(X) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(Y) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(Z) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(AA) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(AB) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.(AC) 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith.(AD) Do not be arrogant,(AE) but tremble.(AF) 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
22 Consider therefore the kindness(AG) and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue(AH) in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.(AI) 23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.(AJ) 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,(AK) how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
All Israel Will Be Saved
25 I do not want you to be ignorant(AL) of this mystery,(AM) brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited:(AN) Israel has experienced a hardening(AO) in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,(AP) 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved.(AQ) As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[f] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”[g](AR)
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(AS) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(AT) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(AU) are irrevocable.(AV) 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(AW) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[h] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you. 32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience(AX) so that he may have mercy on them all.
Doxology
33 Oh, the depth of the riches(AY) of the wisdom and[i] knowledge of God!(AZ)
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!(BA)
34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”[j](BB)
35 “Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay them?”[k](BC)
36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(BD)
To him be the glory forever! Amen.(BE)
Footnotes
- Romans 11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14
- Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18
- Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
- Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23
- Romans 11:26 Or and so
- Romans 11:27 Or will be
- Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
- Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
- Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
- Romans 11:35 Job 41:11
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