God Has Not Rejected Israel

11 I say then, has God ^(A)rejected His people? ^(B)May it never be! For ^(C)I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. ^2 [a](D)God has not rejected His people whom He ^(E)foreknew. ^(F)Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? ³ “Lord, ^(G)they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” ⁴ But what does the divine response say to him? “^(H)I have left for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ In this way then, at the present time, ^(I)a remnant according to God’s ^[b]gracious choice has also come to be. ⁶ But ^(J)if it is by grace, it is no longer of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

⁷ What then? What ^(K)Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but the chosen obtained it, and the rest were ^(L)hardened; ⁸ just as it is written,

⁹ And David says,

Gentiles Grafted In

^11 (P)I say then, did they stumble so as to fall? ^(Q)May it never be! But by their transgression ^(R)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to ^(S)make them jealous. ¹² Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their ^[d](T)fullness be! ¹³ But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^(U)I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, ¹⁴ if somehow I might ^(V)move to jealousy ^(W)my ^[e]fellow countrymen and ^(X)save some of them. ¹⁵ For if their rejection is the ^(Y)reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but ^(Z)life from the dead? ¹⁶ And if the ^(AA)first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

¹⁷ But if some of the ^(AB)branches were broken off, and ^(AC)you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker with them of the ^[f]rich root of the olive tree, ¹⁸ do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast against them, remember that ^(AD)it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. ^19 (AE)You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ Quite right! They were broken off for their unbelief, but you ^(AF)stand by your faith. ^(AG)Do not be haughty, but fear, ²¹ for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. ²² Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s ^(AH)kindness, ^(AI)if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also ^(AJ)will be cut off. ²³ And they also, ^(AK)if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

All Israel Will Be Saved

²⁵ For ^(AL)I do not want you, brothers, to be uninformed of this ^(AM)mystery—so that you will not be ^(AN)wise in your own estimation—that a partial ^(AO)hardening has happened to Israel until the ^(AP)fullness of the Gentiles has come in; ²⁶ and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,

^28 [h]From the standpoint of the gospel they are ^(AT)enemies for your sake, but ^[i]from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for ^(AU)the sake of the fathers; ²⁹ for the gifts and the ^(AV)calling of God ^(AW)are irrevocable. ³⁰ For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, ³¹ so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. ³² For ^(AX)God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.

³³ Oh, the depth of ^(AY)the riches and ^(AZ)wisdom and knowledge of God! ^(BA)How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! ³⁴ For ^(BB)who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? ³⁵ Or ^(BC)who has first given to Him ^[j]that it might be repaid to him? ³⁶ For ^(BD)from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. ^(BE)To Him be the glory ^[k]forever. Amen.