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1 I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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1 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
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2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel:
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3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
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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" ?
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4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
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4 And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
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5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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6 But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
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6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
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7 What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
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7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
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8 according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.
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8 as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day."
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9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
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9 And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
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10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
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11 I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
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11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
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12 Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
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12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
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13 But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
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13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry
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14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy [them that are] my flesh, and may save some of them.
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14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
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15 For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
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15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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16 And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
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17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
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18 glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
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18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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19 Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
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19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
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20 Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
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20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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21 for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
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22 Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
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22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
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23 And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
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23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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24 For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?
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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, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
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25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
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25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
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27 And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.
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27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
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28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
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29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
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29 for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.
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30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
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30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,
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31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.
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31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you.
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32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
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32 For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
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33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
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33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
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34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
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34 "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"
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35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
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35 "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?"
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36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen.
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36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
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