I say{G3004} then,{G3361} Did{G683} God{G2316} cast off{G683} his{G846} people?{G3361} God forbid.{G1096} For{G1063} I{G1473} also{G2532} am{G1510} an Israelite,{G2475} of{G1537} the seed{G4690} of Abraham,{G11} of the tribe{G5443} of Benjamin.{G958}

God{G2316} did{G683} not{G3756} cast off{G683} his{G846} people{G2992} which{G3739} he foreknew.{G2228} Or know{G1492} ye not{G3756} what{G5101} the scripture{G1124} saith{G3004} of{G1722} Elijah?{G2243} how{G5613} he pleadeth{G1793} with God{G2316} against{G2596} Israel:{G2474}

Lord,{G2962} they have killed{G615} thy{G4675} prophets,{G4396} they{G2532} have digged down{G2679} thine{G4675} altars;{G2379} and I{G2504} am left{G5275} alone,{G3441} and{G2532} they seek{G2212} my{G3450} life.{G5590}

But{G235} what{G5101} saith{G3004} the answer of God{G5538} unto him?{G846} I have left{G2641} for myself{G1683} seven thousand{G2035} men,{G435} who{G3748} have{G2578} not{G3756} bowed{G2578} the knee{G1119} to{G896} Baal.{G896}

Even so{G3779} then{G3767} at{G1722} this present{G3568} time{G2540} also{G2532} there is{G1096} a remnant{G3005} according to{G2596} the election{G1589} of grace.{G5485}

But{G1161} if{G1487} it{G2076} is by grace,{G5485} {G3765} it is{G1096} no more{G3765} of{G1537} works:{G2041} otherwise{G1893} grace{G5485} is{G2076} no more{G3765} grace.{G5485}

What{G5101} then?{G3767} that{G5127} which{G3739} Israel{G2474} seeketh for,{G1934} that he {G2013} obtained{G2013} not;{G3756} but{G1161} the election{G1589} obtained it,{G2013} and{G1161} the rest{G3062} were hardened:{G4456}

according as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} God{G2316} gave{G1325} them{G846} a spirit{G4151} of stupor,{G2659} eyes{G3788} that they should{G991} not{G3361} see,{G991} and{G2532} ears{G3775} that they should{G191} not{G3361} hear,{G191} unto{G2193} this{G4594} very day.{G2250}

And{G2532} David{G1138} saith,{G3004} Let{G1096} their{G846} table{G5132} be made{G1096} {G1519} a snare,{G3803} and{G2532} {G1519} a trap,{G2339} And{G2532} {G1519} a stumblingblock,{G4625} and{G2532} {G1519} a recompense{G468} unto them:{G846}

Let{G4654} their{G846} eyes{G3788} be darkened,{G4654} that they may{G991} not{G3361} see,{G991} And{G2532} bow thou down{G4781} their{G846} back{G3577} always.{G1275}

I say{G3004} then,{G3361} Did they stumble{G3361} that{G2443} they might fall?{G3361} God forbid:{G1096} but{G235} by{G3900} their{G846} fall{G3900} salvation{G4991} [is come] unto the Gentiles,{G1484} to{G1519} provoke{G3863} them{G846} to jealousy.{G3863}

Now{G1161} if{G1487} their{G846} fall,{G3900} is the riches{G4149} of the world,{G2889} and{G2532} their{G846} loss{G2275} the riches{G4149} of the Gentiles;{G1484} how much{G4214} more{G3123} their{G846} fulness?{G4138}

But{G1063} I speak{G3004} to you{G5213} that are Gentiles.{G1909} Inasmuch then as{G3745} I{G1473} am{G1510} an apostle{G652} of Gentiles,{G1484} I glorify{G1392} my{G3450} ministry;{G1248}

if{G1487} by any means{G4459} I may provoke to jealousy{G3863} [them that are] my{G3450} flesh,{G4561} and{G2532} may save{G4982} some{G5100} of{G1537} them.{G846}

For{G1063} if{G1487} the casting away{G580} of them{G846} [is] the reconciling{G2643} of the world,{G2889} what{G5101} [shall] the receiving{G4356} [of them be],{G1487} but{G3361} life{G2222} from{G1537} the dead?{G3498}

And{G1161} if{G1487} the firstfruit{G536} is holy,{G40} so{G2532} is the lump:{G5445} and{G2532} if{G1487} the root{G4491} is holy,{G40} so{G2532} are the branches.{G2798}

But{G1161} if{G1487} some{G5100} of the branches{G2798} were broken off,{G1575} and{G1161} thou,{G4771} being{G5607} a wild olive,{G65} wast grafted{G1461} in{G1722} among them,{G846} and{G2532} didst become{G1096} partaker{G4791} with them of the root{G4491} {G2532} of the fatness{G4096} of the olive tree;{G1636}

glory{G2620} not{G3361} over the branches:{G2798} but{G1161} if{G1487} thou gloriest,{G2620} it is not{G3756} thou{G4771} that bearest{G941} the root,{G4491} but{G235} the root{G4491} thee.{G4571}

Thou wilt say{G2046} then,{G3767} Branches{G2798} were broken off,{G1575} that{G2443} I{G1473} might be grafted in.{G1461}

Well;{G2573} by their unbelief{G570} they were broken off,{G1575} and{G1161} thou{G4771} standest{G2476} by thy faith.{G4102} Be{G5309} not{G3361} highminded,{G5309} but{G235} fear:{G5399}

for{G1063} if{G1487} God{G2316} spared{G5339} not{G3756} the{G2798} natural{G5449} branches,{G2798} neither will he{G5339} spare{G5339} thee.{G4675}

Behold{G1492} then{G3767} the goodness{G5544} and{G2532} severity{G663} of God:{G2316} toward{G1909} them that fell,{G4098} severity;{G663} but{G1161} toward{G1909} thee,{G4571} God's goodness,{G5544} if{G1437} thou continue{G1961} in{G5544} his goodness:{G5544} otherwise{G1893} thou{G4771} also{G2532} shalt be cut off.{G1581}

And{G1161} they{G1565} also,{G2532} if{G1437} they continue{G1961} not{G3361} {G1961} in their unbelief,{G570} shall be grafted in:{G1461} for{G1063} God{G2316} is{G2076} able{G1415} to graft{G1461} them{G846} in{G1461} again.{G3825}

For{G1063} if{G1487} thou{G4771} wast cut out{G1581} of{G1537} that which is by{G2596} nature{G5449} a wild{G65} olive tree, and{G2532} wast grafted{G1461} contrary to{G3844} nature{G5449} into{G1519} a good olive tree;{G2565} how much{G4214} more{G3123} shall{G1461} these,{G3778} which are{G3588} {G2596} the natural{G5449} [branches], be grafted into{G1461} their own{G2398} olive tree?{G1636}

For{G1063} I would{G2309} not,{G3756} brethren,{G80} have{G2309} you{G5209} ignorant{G50} of this{G5124} mystery,{G3466} lest{G2443} {G3361} ye be{G5600} wise{G5429} in{G3844} your own conceits,{G1438} that{G3754} a hardening{G4457} in{G575} part{G3313} hath befallen{G1096} Israel,{G2474} until{G891} the fulness{G4138} of the Gentiles{G1484} be come in;{G1525}

and{G2532} so{G3779} all{G3956} Israel{G2474} shall be saved:{G4982} even as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} There shall come{G2240} out of{G1537} Zion{G4622} the Deliverer;{G4506} {G2532} He shall turn away{G654} ungodliness{G763} from{G575} Jacob:{G2384}

And{G2532} this{G3778} is my{G1700} covenant{G1242} unto them,{G846} When{G3752} I shall take away{G851} their{G846} sins.{G266}

As touching{G2596} the gospel,{G2098} they are enemies{G2190} for{G1223} your{G5209} sake:{G1223} but{G1161} as touching{G2596} the election,{G1589} they are beloved{G27} for{G1223} the fathers'{G3962} sake.{G1223}

For{G1063} the gifts{G5486} and{G2532} the calling{G2821} of God{G2316} are not repented{G278} of.

For{G1063} as{G5618} ye{G5210} in time past{G4218} were disobedient{G544} to God,{G2316} but{G1161} now{G3568} have{G1653} obtained mercy{G1653} by{G543} their{G5130} disobedience,{G543}

even so{G3779} have{G544} these{G3778} also{G2532} now{G3568} been disobedient,{G544} that{G2443} by the mercy{G1656} shown to you{G5212} they{G846} also{G2532} may now obtain mercy.{G1653}

For{G1063} God{G2316} hath shut up{G4788} all{G3956} unto{G1519} disobedience,{G543} that{G2443} he might have mercy upon{G1653} all.{G3956}

O{G5599} the depth{G899} of the riches{G4149} both{G2532} of the wisdom{G4678} and{G2532} the knowledge{G1108} of God!{G2316} how{G5613} unsearchable{G419} are his{G846} judgments,{G2917} and{G2532} his{G846} ways{G3598} past tracing out!{G421}

For{G1063} who{G5101} hath known{G1097} the mind{G3563} of the Lord?{G2962} or{G2228} who{G5101} hath been{G1096} his{G846} counsellor?{G4825}

or{G2228} who{G5101} hath first given{G4272} to him,{G846} and{G2532} it shall be recompensed{G467} unto him{G846} again?{G467}

For{G3754} of{G1537} him,{G846} and{G2532} through{G1223} him,{G846} and{G2532} unto{G1519} him,{G846} are all things.{G3956} To{G1519} him{G846} [be] the glory{G1391} for{G1519} ever.{G165} Amen.{G281}