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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Romans 11</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//romans/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/romans/">Romans</a> > Romans 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/10.htm" title="Romans 10">◄</a> Romans 11 <a href="../romans/12.htm" title="Romans 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/romans/11.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/romans/11.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/romans/11.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/romans/11.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/romans/11.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/romans/11.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/romans/11.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">A Remnant Chosen by Grace<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span>? <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>as it is written: <p class="indent1stline">“God gave them a spirit of stupor, <p class="indent2"> eyes that could not see, <p class="indent2"> and ears that could not hear, <p class="indent1"> to this very day.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And David says: <p class="indent1stline">“May their table become a snare and a trap, <p class="indent2"> a stumbling block and a retribution to them. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, <p class="indent2"> and their backs be bent forever.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Ingrafting of the Gentiles<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring! <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> spare you either. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree! <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">All Israel Will Be Saved<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: <p class="indent1stline">“The Deliverer will come from Zion; <p class="indent2"> He will remove godlessness from Jacob. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And this is My covenant with them <p class="indent2"> when I take away their sins.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. <A name="31"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone. <A name="34"></a><p class="hdg">A Hymn of Praise<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/40.htm#9">Isaiah 40:9–31</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>O, the depth of the riches <p class="indent2"> of the wisdom and knowledge of God! <p class="indent1"> How unsearchable are His judgments, <p class="indent2"> and untraceable His ways! <A name="35"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Who has known the mind of the Lord? <p class="indent2"> Or who has been His counselor?”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> <A name="36"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“Who has first given to God, <p class="indent2"> that God should repay him?”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. <p class="indent2"> To Him be the glory forever! Amen.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <a href="../1_kings/19.htm#10">1 Kings 19:10, 14</a><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <a href="../1_kings/19.htm#18">1 Kings 19:18</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR include <i>But if it is by works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> See <a href="../deuteronomy/29.htm#4">Deuteronomy 29:4</a> and <a href="../isaiah/29.htm#10">Isaiah 29:10</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../psalms/69.htm#22">Psalm 69:22–23</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>did they stumble so as to lose their share?</i><span class="thin"> </span> Literally <i>did they stumble that they might fall?</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>He will perhaps not</i><span class="thin"> </span>; SBL, NE, and WH <i>He will not</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <a href="../isaiah/27.htm#9">Isaiah 27:9</a> and <a href="../isaiah/59.htm#20">Isaiah 59:20–21</a>; see also LXX<br><span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Literally <i>may now receive mercy through your mercy</i><span class="thin"> </span>; BYZ and TR <i>may receive mercy through your mercy</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">34</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <a href="../isaiah/40.htm#13">Isaiah 40:13</a> (see also LXX)<br><span class="fnverse">35</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> <a href="../job/41.htm#11">Job 41:11</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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