Romans 11
King James Version
11 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.
2 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,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 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.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 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.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
8 (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 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 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 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?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 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?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 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;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 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.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 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?
25 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.
26 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:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 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!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Romarbrevet 11
Svenska Folkbibeln
En utvald rest ur Israel skall frälsas
11 Jag frågar nu: Har då Gud förskjutit sitt folk? Visst inte. Jag är själv israelit, av Abrahams ätt och av Benjamins stam. 2 Gud har inte förskjutit sitt folk, som han tidigare har känt som sitt. Eller vet ni inte, vad Skriften säger där den talar om Elia, hur han vänder sig till Gud och anklagar Israel: 3 Herre, dina profeter har de dödat, och dina altaren har de rivit ner. Jag ensam är kvar, och mig vill de döda.[a] 4 Men vad svarar Gud honom? Jag har lämnat kvar åt mig sjutusen män som inte har böjt knä för Baal.[b] 5 På samma sätt finns det också i denna tid en rest som Gud har utvalt av nåd. 6 Men om det var av nåd, så var det inte på grund av gärningar, annars vore nåden inte längre nåd. 7 Vad följer då av detta? Jo, vad Israel strävar efter har det inte uppnått. De utvalda har nått det, men de andra har blivit förstockade. 8 Det står skrivet: Gud har gett dem en likgiltighetens ande, ögon som inte ser och öron som inte hör, och detta ända till denna dag.[c] 9 Och David säger: Må deras bord bli en snara och ett nät, en fälla och ett straff för dem.[d] 10 Må deras ögon bli förmörkade, så att de inte ser, och böj deras rygg för alltid.
Israels fall till frälsning för hedningarna
11 Jag frågar nu: Inte har de väl snubblat för att de skulle falla? Visst inte. Men genom deras fall har frälsningen kommit till hedningarna, för att detta skulle väcka deras avund. 12 Och om deras fall har varit till rikedom för världen och deras fåtal varit till rikedom för hedningarna, hur mycket mer skall då inte deras fulla antal[e] vara det?
13 Och till er hedningar säger jag: som hedningarnas apostel sätter jag mitt ämbete högt 14 i hopp om att väcka mina landsmäns avund och frälsa några av dem. 15 Ty om deras förkastelse betydde världens försoning, vad skall då inte deras upptagande betyda, om inte liv från de döda?
De hednakristna varnas för högmod
16 Om förstlingsbrödet är heligt, är degen helig. Och om roten är helig, är grenarna heliga. 17 Men om nu några av grenarna har brutits bort och du, som är ett vilt olivträd, har blivit inympad bland dem och fått del av det äkta olivträdets feta rot, 18 då skall du inte förhäva dig över grenarna. Men om du förhäver dig skall du veta att det inte är du som bär roten utan roten som bär dig.
19 Nu invänder du kanske att grenarna bröts bort för att du skulle ympas in. 20 Du har rätt, för sin otros skull bröts de bort, men du står kvar genom tron. Var inte högmodig utan lev i fruktan. 21 Ty om Gud inte skonade de naturliga grenarna skall han inte heller skona dig. 22 Se här Guds godhet och stränghet: hans stränghet mot dem som föll, hans godhet mot dig, om du blir kvar i hans godhet, annars blir också du borthuggen. 23 Men även de andra kommer att bli inympade, om de inte blir kvar i sin otro. Gud har ju makt att ympa in dem igen. 24 Ty om du har blivit borthuggen från det vilda olivträd som du av naturen tillhörde, och mot naturen har inympats på ett äkta olivträd, hur mycket lättare kommer då inte dessa naturliga grenar att ympas in på sitt eget olivträd.
Utkorelsens hemlighet avslöjas
25 Bröder, jag vill att ni skall känna till denna hemlighet, för att ni inte skall ha för höga tankar om er själva: förstockelse har kommit över en del av Israel och så skall det förbli, till dess att hedningarna i fullt antal har kommit in. 26 Och det är så hela Israel skall bli frälst, som det står skrivet: Från Sion skall Frälsaren komma och skaffa bort all ogudaktighet från Jakob.[f] 27 Och detta skall vara mitt förbund med dem, när jag tar bort deras synder.
28 I fråga om evangelium är de fiender för er skull, men i fråga om utkorelsen är de älskade för fädernas skull. 29 Ty sina gåvor och sin kallelse kan Gud inte ångra. 30 Ni var tidigare olydiga mot Gud, men har nu fått barmhärtighet genom deras olydnad. 31 Så har nu också de varit olydiga för att de skulle få förbarmande genom den barmhärtighet som ni får. 32 Ty Gud har gjort alla till fångar under olydnaden för att sedan förbarma sig över alla.
Lovsång till den Outgrundlige
33 O vilket djup av rikedom och vishet och kunskap hos Gud!
Hur outgrundliga är inte hans domar och hur outrannsakliga hans vägar.
34 Vem har lärt känna Herrens sinne eller vem har varit hans rådgivare?[g]
35 Eller vem har först givit honom något som han måste betala igen?[h]
36 Av honom, genom honom och till honom är allting.
Honom tillhör äran i evigheter, amen.
Footnotes
- Romarbrevet 11:3 1 Kung 19:10, 14.
- Romarbrevet 11:4 1 Kung 19:18.
- Romarbrevet 11:8 Jes 29:10.
- Romarbrevet 11:9 Ps 69:23f.
- Romarbrevet 11:12 fåtal . . . fulla antal Annan översättning: "nederlag . . . fullhet".
- Romarbrevet 11:26 Jes 27:9, 59:20f.
- Romarbrevet 11:34 Jes 40:13, Job 15:8.
- Romarbrevet 11:35 Job 41:2.
Romans 11
New King James Version
Israel’s Rejection Not Total
11 I say then, (A)has God cast away His people? (B)Certainly not! For (C)I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom (D)He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 (E)“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? (F)“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 (G)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And (H)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? (I)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (J)blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
(K)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(L)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
(M)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (N)through their [b]fall, to provoke them to (O)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [c]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (P)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (Q)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (R)but life from the dead?
16 For if (S)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (T)some of the branches were broken off, (U)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [d]fatness of the olive tree, 18 (V)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of (W)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [e]goodness, (X)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise (Y)you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, (Z)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be (AA)wise in your own [f]opinion, that (AB)blindness in part has happened to Israel (AC)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be [g]saved, as it is written:
(AD)“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For (AE)this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (AF)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (AG)irrevocable. 30 For as you (AH)were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God has [h]committed them (AI)all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34 “For who has known the (AJ)mind of the Lord?
Or (AK)who has become His counselor?”
35 “Or(AL) who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36 For (AM)of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, (AN)to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Footnotes
- Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.
- Romans 11:11 trespass
- Romans 11:12 trespass
- Romans 11:17 richness
- Romans 11:22 NU adds of God
- Romans 11:25 estimation
- Romans 11:26 Or delivered
- Romans 11:32 shut them all up in
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