Romans 11:19-29

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. Do not be arrogant, but tremble.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
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.
23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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!

All Israel Will Be Saved

25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[b] my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”[c]
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

Cross References 19

  • 1. 1 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 1:24
  • 2. Romans 12:16; 1 Timothy 6:17
  • 3. 1 Peter 1:17
  • 4. Romans 2:4
  • 5. 1 Corinthians 15:2; Colossians 1:23; Hebrews 3:6
  • 6. John 15:2
  • 7. 2 Corinthians 3:16
  • 8. Jeremiah 11:16
  • 9. Romans 1:13; 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13
  • 10. S Romans 16:25
  • 11. Romans 12:16
  • 12. ver 7; S Romans 9:18
  • 13. Luke 21:24
  • 14. Isaiah 45:17; Jeremiah 31:34
  • 15. Isaiah 59:20,21; Isaiah 27:9; Hebrews 8:10,12
  • 16. Romans 5:10
  • 17. Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 10:15; Romans 9:5
  • 18. S Romans 8:28
  • 19. S Hebrews 7:21

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "and so"
  • [b]. Or "will be"
  • [c]. Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
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