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Romanos 11
Nueva Versión Internacional
Romanos 11
Nueva Versión Internacional
El remanente de Israel
11 Por lo tanto, pregunto: ¿Acaso rechazó Dios a su pueblo? ¡De ninguna manera! Yo mismo soy israelita, descendiente de Abraham, de la tribu de Benjamín. 2 Dios no rechazó a su pueblo, al que de antemano conoció. ¿No saben lo que relata la Escritura en cuanto a Elías? Acusó a Israel delante de Dios: 3 «Señor, han matado a tus profetas y han derribado tus altares. Yo soy el único que ha quedado con vida, ¡y ahora quieren matarme a mí también!».[a] 4 ¿Y qué le contestó la voz divina? «He apartado para mí siete mil hombres que no se han arrodillado ante Baal».[b] 5 Así también hay en la actualidad un remanente escogido por gracia. 6 Y si es por gracia, ya no es por obras; porque en tal caso la gracia ya no sería gracia.[c]
7 ¿Qué concluiremos? Pues que Israel no consiguió lo que tanto deseaba, pero sí lo consiguieron los elegidos. Los demás fueron endurecidos, 8 como está escrito:
«Dios les dio un espíritu insensible,
ojos con los que no pueden ver
y oídos con los que no pueden oír,
hasta el día de hoy».[d]
9 Y David dice:
«Que sus banquetes se les conviertan en red y en trampa,
en tropezadero y en castigo.
10 Que se les nublen los ojos para que no vean
y se encorven sus espaldas para siempre».[e]
Ramas injertadas
11 Ahora pregunto: ¿Acaso tropezaron para no volver a levantarse? ¡De ninguna manera! Más bien, gracias a su desobediencia ha venido la salvación a los no judíos, para que Israel sienta celos. 12 Pero si su desobediencia ha enriquecido al mundo, es decir, si su fracaso ha enriquecido a los no judíos, ¡cuánto mayor será la riqueza que su plena restauración producirá!
13 Me dirijo ahora a ustedes, los no judíos. Como apóstol que soy de ustedes, le hago honor a mi ministerio, 14 pues quisiera ver si de algún modo despierto los celos de mi propio pueblo, para así salvar a algunos de ellos. 15 Pues, si el haberlos rechazado dio como resultado la reconciliación entre Dios y el mundo, ¿no será su restitución como volver de la muerte a la vida? 16 Si se consagra la parte de la masa que se ofrece como primicias, también se consagra toda la masa; si la raíz es santa, también lo son las ramas.
17 Ahora bien, es verdad que algunas de las ramas han sido desgajadas y que tú, siendo de olivo silvestre, has sido injertado entre las otras ramas. Ahora participas de la savia nutritiva de la raíz del olivo. 18 Sin embargo, no te vayas a creer mejor que las ramas originales. Y si te jactas de ello, ten en cuenta que no eres tú quien nutre a la raíz, sino que es la raíz la que te nutre a ti. 19 Tal vez dirás: «Desgajaron unas ramas para que yo fuera injertado». 20 De acuerdo. Pero ellas fueron desgajadas por su falta de fe y tú por la fe te mantienes firme. Así que no seas arrogante, sino temeroso; 21 porque, si Dios no tuvo miramientos con las ramas originales, tampoco los tendrá contigo.
22 Por tanto, considera la bondad y la severidad de Dios: severidad hacia los que cayeron y bondad hacia ti. Pero si no te mantienes en su bondad, tú también serás desgajado. 23 Y si ellos dejan de ser incrédulos, serán injertados, porque Dios tiene poder para injertarlos de nuevo. 24 Después de todo, si tú fuiste cortado de un olivo silvestre, al que por naturaleza pertenecías, y contra tu condición natural fuiste injertado en un olivo cultivado, ¡con cuánta mayor facilidad las ramas naturales de ese olivo serán injertadas de nuevo en él!
Todo Israel será salvo
25 Hermanos, quiero que entiendan este misterio para que no se vuelvan presuntuosos. Parte de Israel se ha endurecido y así permanecerá hasta que haya entrado la totalidad de los no judíos. 26 De esta manera, todo Israel será salvo tal como está escrito:
«El Redentor vendrá de Sión
y apartará de Jacob la impiedad.
27 Y este es mi pacto con ellos
cuando quite sus pecados».[f]
28 Con respecto al evangelio, los israelitas son enemigos de Dios para bien de ustedes; pero si tomamos en cuenta la elección, son amados de Dios por causa de los patriarcas, 29 porque los regalos de Dios son irrevocables, como lo es también su llamamiento. 30 De hecho, en otro tiempo ustedes fueron desobedientes a Dios; pero ahora, por la desobediencia de los israelitas, han sido objeto de su misericordia. 31 Así mismo, estos que han desobedecido recibirán misericordia ahora, como resultado de la misericordia de Dios hacia ustedes. 32 En fin, Dios ha sujetado a todos a la desobediencia, con el fin de tener misericordia de todos.
Doxología
33 ¡Qué profundo es el conocimiento,
la riqueza y la sabiduría de Dios!
¡Qué indescifrables sus juicios
e impenetrables sus caminos!
34 «¿Quién ha conocido la mente del Señor
o quién ha sido su consejero?».[g]
35 «¿Quién primero dio algo a Dios,
para que luego Dios le pague?».[h]
36 Porque todas las cosas proceden de él,
y existen por él y para él.
¡A él sea la gloria por siempre! Amén.
Romans 11
Living Bible
Romans 11
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11 I ask then, has God rejected and deserted his people the Jews? Oh no, not at all. Remember that I myself am a Jew, a descendant of Abraham and a member of Benjamin’s family.
2-3 No, God has not discarded his own people whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you remember what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet was complaining to God about the Jews, telling God how they had killed the prophets and torn down God’s altars; Elijah claimed that he was the only one left in all the land who still loved God, and now they were trying to kill him too.
4 And do you remember how God replied? God said, “No, you are not the only one left. I have seven thousand others besides you who still love me and have not bowed down to idols!”[a]
5 It is the same today. Not all the Jews have turned away from God; there are a few being saved as a result of God’s kindness in choosing them. 6 And if it is by God’s kindness, then it is not by their being good enough. For in that case the free gift would no longer be free—it isn’t free when it is earned.
7 So this is the situation: Most of the Jews have not found the favor of God they are looking for. A few have—the ones God has picked out—but the eyes of the others have been blinded. 8 This is what our Scriptures refer to when they say that God has put them to sleep, shutting their eyes and ears so that they do not understand what we are talking about when we tell them of Christ. And so it is to this very day.
9 King David spoke of this same thing when he said, “Let their good food and other blessings trap them into thinking all is well between themselves and God. Let these good things boomerang on them and fall back upon their heads to justly crush them. 10 Let their eyes be dim,” he said, “so that they cannot see, and let them walk bent-backed forever with a heavy load.”
11 Does this mean that God has rejected his Jewish people forever? Of course not! His purpose was to make his salvation available to the Gentiles, and then the Jews would be jealous and begin to want God’s salvation for themselves. 12 Now if the whole world became rich as a result of God’s offer of salvation, when the Jews stumbled over it and turned it down, think how much greater a blessing the world will share in later on when the Jews, too, come to Christ.
13 As you know, God has appointed me as a special messenger to you Gentiles. I lay great stress on this and remind the Jews about it as often as I can, 14 so that if possible I can make them want what you Gentiles have and in that way save some of them. 15 And how wonderful it will be when they become Christians! When God turned away from them it meant that he turned to the rest of the world to offer his salvation; and now it is even more wonderful when the Jews come to Christ. It will be like dead people coming back to life. 16 And since Abraham and the prophets are God’s people, their children will be too. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be too.
17 But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree, some of the Jews, have been broken off. And you Gentiles who were branches from, we might say, a wild olive tree, were grafted in. So now you, too, receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in God’s rich nourishment of his own special olive tree.
18 But you must be careful not to brag about being put in to replace the branches that were broken off. Remember that you are important only because you are now a part of God’s tree; you are just a branch, not a root.
19 “Well,” you may be saying, “those branches were broken off to make room for me, so I must be pretty good.”
20 Watch out! Remember that those branches, the Jews, were broken off because they didn’t believe God, and you are there only because you do. Do not be proud; be humble and grateful—and careful. 21 For if God did not spare the branches he put there in the first place, he won’t spare you either.
22 Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is very hard on those who disobey, but very good to you if you continue to love and trust him. But if you don’t, you too will be cut off. 23 On the other hand, if the Jews leave their unbelief behind them and come back to God, God will graft them back into the tree again. He has the power to do it.
24 For if God was willing to take you who were so far away from him—being part of a wild olive tree—and graft you into his own good tree—a very unusual thing to do—don’t you see that he will be far more ready to put the Jews back again, who were there in the first place?
25 I want you to know about this truth from God, dear brothers, so that you will not feel proud and start bragging. Yes, it is true that some of the Jews have set themselves against the Gospel now, but this will last only until all of you Gentiles have come to Christ—those of you who will. 26 And then all Israel will be saved.
Do you remember what the prophets said about this? “There shall come out of Zion a Deliverer, and he shall turn the Jews from all ungodliness. 27 At that time I will take away their sins, just as I promised.”
28 Now many of the Jews are enemies of the Gospel. They hate it. But this has been a benefit to you, for it has resulted in God’s giving his gifts to you Gentiles. Yet the Jews are still beloved of God because of his promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 29 For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn; he will never go back on his promises. 30 Once you were rebels against God, but when the Jews refused his gifts God was merciful to you instead. 31 And now the Jews are the rebels, but some day they, too, will share in God’s mercy upon you. 32 For God has given them all up to sin[b] so that he could have mercy upon all alike.
33 Oh, what a wonderful God we have! How great are his wisdom and knowledge and riches! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his methods! 34 For who among us can know the mind of the Lord? Who knows enough to be his counselor and guide? 35 And who could ever offer to the Lord enough to induce him to act? 36 For everything comes from God alone. Everything lives by his power, and everything is for his glory. To him be glory evermore.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:4 bowed down to idols, see 1 Kings 19:18.
- Romans 11:32 has given them all up to sin, literally, “shut up all unto disobedience.”
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