Israel's Rejection Not Total

1I say then, has God cast away His people? By no means! For I too am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

3“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life”?

4But what is God's reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

5So too then, at this present time, there is also a remnant according to the election of grace.

6And if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

7What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

8Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that they should not see,
and ears that they should not hear,
down to this very day.”

9And David says:
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a recompense to them.

10Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever!”

Israel's Rejection Not Permanent

11I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means! But by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

12But if their transgression is riches for the world, and their defeat is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!

13For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

14if somehow I may provoke to jealousy my fellow Jews, and thus save some of them.

15For if their casting away means reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance be, if not life from the dead?

16For if the firstfruit is holy, so also the lump; and if the root is holy, so also the branches.

17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

18do not be arrogant towards the branches. But if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you that supports the root, but the root supports you.

19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

20That is true. By unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

21For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps He may not spare you either.

22Behold then the kindness and severity of God: upon those that fell, severity; but upon you, kindness, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also shall be cut off.

23And they also, if they do not remain in unbelief, shall be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

24For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25For I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, lest you be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

26And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written:
“The Deliverer shall come out of Zion,
and He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

27For this is My covenant with them,
when I take away their sins.”

28As regards to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as regards to election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

30For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now you were shown mercy through their disobedience,

31even so these now were disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also might be shown mercy.

32For God has consigned all to disobedience, that He might show mercy to all.

33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and untraceable are His ways!

34“For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been His counselor?”

35“Or who has first given to Him,
and it shall be repaid to him?”

36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things; to Him be the glory forever! Amen.