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Romeinen 11
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Door Israëls ongeloof is het goede nieuws ook bij de niet-Joodse volken gekomen

11 Wil God nu dan niets meer met zijn volk te maken hebben? Nee, dat is het niet! Ik ben zelf immers een Israëliet, uit de familie van Abraham en uit de stam van Benjamin. 2 God heeft zijn volk dat Hij had uitgekozen, niet in de steek gelaten. Jullie weten wat er in de Boeken in het verhaal van Elia staat, als hij bij God over Israël klaagt. 3 Hij zegt: "Heer, ze hebben uw profeten gedood en uw altaren afgebroken. Ik ben alleen overgebleven, en mij willen ze vermoorden." 4 Wat antwoordde God hem toen? Hij zei: "Ik heb ervoor gezorgd dat er 7000 mannen overbleven. Zij zijn trouw aan Mij gebleven. Zij hebben niet geknield voor de god Baäl." 5 Op dezelfde manier is ook nu in deze tijd door Gods liefdevolle goedheid een aantal mensen overgebleven die God geloofden. 6 Hen heeft Hij uitgekozen. Niet omdat ze zo goed leefden, maar omdat Hij van hen hield en goed voor hen wilde zijn. Als het een beloning was voor hun harde werken, dan was het niet meer uit liefde. Maar Hij heeft hen uit liefde gered. Niet omdat ze het verdiend hadden.

7 Hoe zit het dan? Israël heeft niet gekregen wat het zo graag wilde hebben. Alleen zij die door God waren uitgekozen, hebben het gekregen. De andere mensen niet, omdat ze koppig en ongehoorzaam waren. 8 Dat staat ook in de Boeken: "God gaf hun een geest van slaap, ogen die niet zien en oren die niet horen." En dat is nu nog steeds zo. 9 David zegt: "Heer, laat hun maaltijden een valkuil worden voor henzelf en voor hun vrienden. 10 Maak hen blind, zodat ze niets meer kunnen zien. Maak hen zó zwak, dat ze niet meer kunnen staan."

11 Zijn de Joden dan zó ongehoorzaam geweest, dat het nooit meer goed kan komen? Helemaal niet. Maar doordat ze niet wilden gehoorzamen, is het goede nieuws bij de andere volken gekomen. Dat is gebeurd om Israël jaloers te maken. 12 Dus doordat de Joden ongehoorzaam waren, kwam het goede nieuws bij de rest van de wereld. En doordat de Joden niet wilden luisteren, is er zoiets geweldigs naar de andere volken gekomen. Bedenk eens hoe geweldig het dan voor de andere volken zal zijn, als de Joden in Jezus gaan geloven!

De olijfboom Israël

13 Ik spreek nu tot jullie die geen Joden zijn. Want ik breng de boodschap van God naar de niet-Joodse volken. Ik vind dat geweldig werk. 14 Want ik hoop dat ik zo mijn eigen volk jaloers zal maken, zodat er een paar van hen gered zullen worden. 15 Doordat het volk Israël het goede nieuws níet wilde geloven, is de vriendschap tussen de andere volken en God hersteld. Als het volk Israël het goede nieuws wél zal gaan geloven, kun je dat vergelijken met een dode die weer levend wordt.

16 Ik wil jullie iets uitleggen. Als het eerste deel van de oogst van God is,[a] dan is ook het deeg dat daarvan wordt gemaakt van God. En als de wortel van een boom van God is, dan zijn ook de takken van die boom van God.[b] 17 Je zou het volk Israël kunnen vergelijken met een gekweekte olijfboom. En jullie als niet-Joden met een wilde olijfboom. Nu heeft God een paar takken van de gekweekte olijfboom weggebroken. En Hij heeft de takken van de wilde olijfboom daarvoor in de plaats gezet. Dat zijn jullie. Nu drinken jullie van het sap uit de wortels van de gekweekte olijfboom. En de olijf-olie in jullie is ontstaan dankzij die boom. 18 Ga daar nu niet over opscheppen tegen de andere takken! Bedenk liever dat jullie niet voor de wortels zorgen, maar dat de wortels voor jullie zorgen!

19 Nu zeggen jullie misschien: "Jawel, maar er zijn takken weggebroken zodat wíj ertussen konden worden gezet!" 20 Goed, dat is waar. Zij zijn weggebroken vanwege hun ongeloof, en jullie staan ertussen door jullie geloof. Maar wees daar niet trots op, maar heb liever ontzag voor God. 21 Want als God zo streng is voor de takken die er hoorden, zal Hij net zo streng zijn voor jullie die er eigenlijk níet horen. Ook jullie zou Hij kunnen weghalen vanwege ongeloof. 22 Onthoud dat God niet alleen goed en vriendelijk is, maar óók streng! Hij is streng voor de mensen die ongehoorzaam zijn. Maar voor jullie is Hij goed en vriendelijk, als jullie op Hem blijven vertrouwen. Maar als jullie niet langer op Hem vertrouwen, zullen jullie óók weggekapt worden. 23 Maar als die anderen niet ongelovig blijven, zullen ook zij weer op de boom worden teruggezet. Want voor God is het mogelijk om hen terug te zetten. 24 Jullie zijn weggekapt van de wilde olijfboom waar jullie eigenlijk aan hoorden, en gezet op de gekweekte olijfboom waar jullie eigenlijk niet aan hoorden. Op dezelfde manier zullen zij teruggezet worden op hun eigen olijfboom waar ze ook hoorden.

25 Ik zeg dit omdat ik niet wil dat jullie eigenwijs zullen zijn, broeders en zusters. Onthoud daarom goed wat Gods verborgen plan is: een déél van Israël is koppig en ongehoorzaam, totdat alle niet-Joden die gered zullen worden, Gods Koninkrijk zijn binnen gegaan. 26 En dan zal ook heel Israël worden gered. Dat staat ook in de Boeken: "De Bevrijder zal uit Jeruzalem komen. Hij zal alle slechte dingen wegdoen die het volk Israël heeft gedaan. 27 Dit is mijn verbond met hen: Ik zal al hun ongehoorzaamheid wegdoen."

28 Zíj zijn dus vijanden van het goede nieuws geworden, omdat dat goed voor júllie zou zijn. Maar God houdt nog steeds van hen, vanwege de beloften die Hij aan hun voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob heeft gedaan. 29 Want de liefde die God voor iemand heeft en het plan dat Hij met iemand heeft, neemt Hij nooit meer terug.

30 Het zit dus zó: jullie waren eerst ongehoorzaam aan God, maar nu zijn jullie gered doordat Israël ongehoorzaam was. 31 Zo zijn ook zij eerst ongehoorzaam geworden. Als ze dan zien hoe goed God nu voor júllie is, zullen zij ernaar gaan verlangen dat God ook zo goed voor hén zal zijn. Dan zullen ze zich door Hem laten redden. 32 God heeft het dus zó gedaan, dat alle mensen Hem eerst ongehoorzaam zouden zijn, zodat Hij daarna uit liefde alle mensen zou kunnen redden.

33 Wat zijn Gods wijsheid en kennis toch onbegrijpelijk groot! Wat is het moeilijk om zijn plannen te begrijpen en zijn daden uit te leggen! 34 In de Boeken staat: "Wie kent de plannen van de Heer? Wie heeft Hem raad gegeven? 35 Wie heeft iets aan Hem gegeven, waardoor hij het recht zou hebben iets van Hem terug te vragen?" 36 Maar alle dingen komen van God, bestaan door God en zijn voor God. Voor Hem is alle eer voor altijd en eeuwig! Amen! Zo is het!

Footnotes

  1. Romeinen 11:16 Lees Deuteronomium 14:22 en 23. Met het aanbieden van het eerste deel van de oogst werd de héle oogst aan God opgedragen.
  2. Romeinen 11:16 Met de wortel wordt voorvader Abraham bedoeld, met de takken het volk Israël dat uit hem is ontstaan.
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Romans 11
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God Shows Mercy to All People

11 So I ask: Did God throw out his people? No! I myself am an Israelite from the family of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God chose the Israelites to be his people before they were born, and he has not thrown his people out. Surely you know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he prayed to God against the people of Israel. 3 “Lord,” he said, “they have killed your prophets, and they have destroyed your altars. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”[a] 4 But what answer did God give Elijah? He said, “But I have left seven thousand people in Israel who have never bowed down before Baal.”[b] 5 It is the same now. There are a few people that God has chosen by his grace. 6 And if he chose them by grace, it is not for the things they have done. If they could be made God’s people by what they did, God’s gift of grace would not really be a gift.

7 So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God. 8 As it is written in the Scriptures:

“God gave the people a dull mind so they could not understand.” Isaiah 29:10
“He closed their eyes so they could not see
    and their ears so they could not hear.
This continues until today.” Deuteronomy 29:4

9 And David says:

“Let their own feasts trap them and cause their ruin;
    let their feasts cause them to stumble and be paid back.
10 Let their eyes be closed so they cannot see
    and their backs be forever weak from troubles.” Psalm 69:22–23

11 So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their failure brought salvation to those who are not Jews, in order to make the Jews jealous. 12 The Jews’ failure brought rich blessings for the world, and the Jews’ loss brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will receive much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.

13 Now I am speaking to you who are not Jews. I am an apostle to those who are not Jews, and since I have that work, I will make the most of it. 14 I hope I can make my own people jealous and, in that way, help some of them to be saved. 15 When God turned away from the Jews, he became friends with other people in the world. So when God accepts the Jews, surely that will bring them life after death.

16 If the first piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too.

17 It is as if some of the branches from an olive tree have been broken off. You non-Jewish people are like the branch of a wild olive tree that has been joined to that first tree. You now share the strength and life of the first tree, the Jews. 18 So do not brag about those branches that were broken off. If you brag, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 You will say, “Branches were broken off so that I could be joined to their tree.” 20 That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe, and you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Do not be proud, but be afraid. 21 If God did not let the natural branches of that tree stay, then he will not let you stay if you don’t believe.

22 So you see that God is kind and also very strict. He punishes those who stop following him. But God is kind to you, if you continue following in his kindness. If you do not, you will be cut off from the tree. 23 And if the Jews will believe in God again, he will accept them back. God is able to put them back where they were. 24 It is not natural for a wild branch to be part of a good tree. And you who are not Jews are like a branch cut from a wild olive tree and joined to a good olive tree. But since those Jews are like a branch that grew from the good tree, surely they can be joined to their own tree again.

25 I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God. 26 And that is how all Israel will be saved. It is written in the Scriptures:

“The Savior will come from Jerusalem;
    he will take away all evil from the family of Jacob.[c]
27 And I will make this agreement with those people
    when I take away their sins.” Isaiah 59:20–21; 27:9

28 The Jews refuse to accept the Good News, so they are God’s enemies. This has happened to help you who are not Jews. But the Jews are still God’s chosen people, and he loves them very much because of the promises he made to their ancestors. 29 God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them. 30 At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because those people refused to obey. 31 And now the Jews refuse to obey, because God showed mercy to you. But this happened so that they also can[d] receive mercy from him. 32 God has given all people over to their stubborn ways so that he can show mercy to all.

Praise to God

33 Yes, God’s riches are very great, and his wisdom and knowledge have no end! No one can explain the things God decides or understand his ways. 34 As the Scripture says,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord,
    or who has been able to give him advice?” Isaiah 40:13
35 “No one has ever given God anything
    that he must pay back.” Job 41:11

36 Yes, God made all things, and everything continues through him and for him. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Footnotes

  1. 11:3 “they . . . too” Quotation from 1 Kings 19:10, 14.
  2. 11:4 “But . . . Baal.” Quotation from 1 Kings 19:18.
  3. 11:26 Jacob Father of the twelve family groups of Israel, the people God chose to be his people.
  4. 11:31 can Some Greek copies read “can now.”
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Romans 11
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

11 I ask then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin!(A)

2 No, God has not rejected and disowned His people [whose destiny] He had marked out and appointed and foreknown from the beginning. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?(B)

3 Lord, they have killed Your prophets; they have demolished Your 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 Baal!(C)

5 So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God’s unmerited favor and graciousness).

6 But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].

7 What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God’s favor by obedience to the Law]. Only the elect (those chosen few) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it).

8 As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day.(D)

9 And David says, Let their table (their feasting, banqueting) become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a [a]just retribution [[b]rebounding like a boomerang upon them];(E)

10 Let their eyes be darkened (dimmed) so that they cannot see, and make them bend their back [stooping beneath their burden] forever.(F)

11 So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous.

12 Now if their stumbling (their lapse, their transgression) has so enriched the world [at large], and if [Israel’s] failure means such riches for the Gentiles, think what an enrichment and greater advantage will follow their full reinstatement!

13 But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I lay great stress on my ministry and magnify my office,

14 In the hope of making my fellow Jews jealous [in order to stir them up to imitate, copy, and appropriate], and thus managing to save some of them.

15 For if their rejection and exclusion from the benefits of salvation were [overruled] for the reconciliation of a world to God, what will their acceptance and admission mean? [It will be nothing short of] life from the dead!

16 Now if the first handful of dough offered as the firstfruits [Abraham and the patriarchs] is consecrated (holy), so is the whole mass [the nation of Israel]; and if the root [Abraham] is consecrated (holy), so are the branches.(G)

17 But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of the root and sap] of the olive tree,

18 Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.

19 You will say then, Branches were broken (pruned) off so that I might be grafted in!

20 That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid.

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], neither will He spare you [if you are guilty of the same offense].

22 Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s gracious kindness to you—provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away).

23 And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] 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 against nature grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these natural [branches] back on [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree.

25 Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the [c]full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has 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.(H)

27 And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins.(I)

28 From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God’s choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers.

29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,

31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you—through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].

32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)!

34 For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor?(J)

35 Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense?

36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).

Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:9 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. Romans 11:9 Literal translation: “a return, a recompense.”
  3. Romans 11:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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Romans 11
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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

  1. Romans 11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14
  2. Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18
  3. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
  4. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23
  5. Romans 11:26 Or and so
  6. Romans 11:27 Or will be
  7. Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
  8. Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
  9. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the
  10. Romans 11:34 Isaiah 40:13
  11. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11
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