English Bible Presentation Sharing - Romans Book, chapter 11, verse 1 in Esv Version

Romans 11 : 1 (ESV)

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11 : 2 (ESV)

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

Romans 11 : 3 (ESV)

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."

Romans 11 : 4 (ESV)

But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

Romans 11 : 5 (ESV)

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

Romans 11 : 6 (ESV)

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 11 : 7 (ESV)

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

Romans 11 : 8 (ESV)

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

Romans 11 : 9 (ESV)

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

Romans 11 : 10 (ESV)

let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever."

Romans 11 : 11 (ESV)

So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.

Romans 11 : 12 (ESV)

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!

Romans 11 : 13 (ESV)

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Romans 11 : 14 (ESV)

in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

Romans 11 : 15 (ESV)

For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

Romans 11 : 16 (ESV)

If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Romans 11 : 17 (ESV)

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree,

Romans 11 : 18 (ESV)

do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.

Romans 11 : 19 (ESV)

Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."

Romans 11 : 20 (ESV)

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.

Romans 11 : 21 (ESV)

For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

Romans 11 : 22 (ESV)

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Romans 11 : 23 (ESV)

And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.

Romans 11 : 24 (ESV)

For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.

Romans 11 : 25 (ESV)

Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 11 : 26 (ESV)

And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";

Romans 11 : 27 (ESV)

"and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."

Romans 11 : 28 (ESV)

As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

Romans 11 : 29 (ESV)

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Romans 11 : 30 (ESV)

Just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,

Romans 11 : 31 (ESV)

so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.

Romans 11 : 32 (ESV)

For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.

Romans 11 : 33 (ESV)

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

Romans 11 : 34 (ESV)

"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"

Romans 11 : 35 (ESV)

"Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"

Romans 11 : 36 (ESV)

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.