Deep Concern for Israel

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons and daughters, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the temple service, and the promises;

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel may be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved;

however, Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous with those who are not a nation, With a foolish nation I will anger you.”

But as for Israel, He says, “I have spread out My hands all day long to a disobedient and obstinate people.”

Israel Has Not Been Rejected

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? Far from it! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”