Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
13 And I am speaking to you, the Gentiles. So indeed to the extent[a] I am an apostle of the Gentiles I glorify[b] my ministry— 14 if somehow[c] I might provoke my flesh to jealousy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection[d] is reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance[e] be if not life from the dead?
Their Branches Were Broken Off By Unbelief And You Were Grafted In By Faith
16 But[f] if the firstfruit[g] is holy, the lump is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also. 17 Now if some of the branches were broken-off [h] and you[i], being a wild-olive-tree, were grafted-in among them and became a co-partner[j] of the root, of the fatness[k] of the olive tree, 18 do not be vaunting[l] over the branches. But if you vaunt, [remember] you are not carrying the root, but the root you. 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off in order that I might be grafted-in”. 20 Well said! They were broken off by their unbelief, and you stand by your faith. Do not be thinking lofty[m] things, but be fearing[n]— 21 for if God did not spare the branches in accordance with nature, perhaps[o] neither will He spare you.
They Will Be Re-Grafted If They Believe
22 Therefore behold the kindness and severity of God— severity upon the ones having fallen, but the kindness of God upon you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 But those ones also, 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 off from the wild-olive-tree according to nature and were grafted-in contrary to nature into a cultivated-olive-tree, how much more will these, the ones in accordance with nature, be grafted-in their own olive tree!
All Israel Will Be Saved
25 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, as to this mystery[p]— in order that you not be wise among yourselves— that a hardness in part[q] has happened to Israel until[r] the fullness of the Gentiles comes in. 26 And so[s] all Israel[t] will be saved, just as it has been written: “The One delivering will come[u] from Zion, He will turn-away ungodliness from Jacob. 27 And this is the covenant from Me with them, when I take-away their sins” [Isa 59:20-21].
They Are Beloved To God
28 In relation to the good-news they[v] are enemies [of God] for your sake— but in relation to the choosing[w] of God they are beloved ones [of God] for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are without-regret[x].
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing