A Remnant Of Israel Remains
1 I ask then, has God repudiated his people? By no means. Why, I am an Israelite myself, I am descended from Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin.
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 I say then, God has not (A)rejected His people, has He? (B)May it never be! For (C)I too am an Israelite, (a)a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 I ask, then, has God rejected His people?(A) Absolutely not!(B) For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,(C) from the tribe of Benjamin.
1 So I ask, "God has not rejected his people, has he?" Of course not! I am an Israeli myself, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God has not repudiated his people, which he had marked out from the first. Do you not know what the Scripture says in speaking of Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel?
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
2 God (D)has not rejected His people whom He (E)foreknew. (F)Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew.(D) Or don’t you know(E) what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel?
2 God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?
3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, I am the only one left and they are trying to take my life."
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
3 “Lord, (G)they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”
3 Lord, they have killed Your prophetsand torn down Your altars.I am the only one left,and they are trying to take my life!(F)(a)
3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets and demolished your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life."
4 But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
4 But what (b)is the divine response to him? “(H)I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
4 But what was God’s reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Baal.(G)(b)
4 But what was the divine reply to him? "I have reserved for myself 7,000 people who have not knelt to worship Baal."
5 So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time (I)a remnant according to God’s (c)gracious choice.
5 So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
6 But if it is by his mercy, it is not for anything they have done. Otherwise, his mercy would not be mercy at all.
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
6 But (J)if it is by grace, it is no longer (d)on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
6 But if this is by grace, then it is no longer on the basis of actions. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What follows? Israel failed to get what it sought, but those whom God selected got it.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
7 What then? What (K)Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but (e)those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were (L)hardened;
7 What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,(J) but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,(K)
7 What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.
8 The rest became callous; as the Scripture says, "God has thrown them into a state of spiritual insensibility, with eyes that cannot see and cars that cannot hear, that has lasted down to this day."
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
8 just as it is written,“(M)God gave them a spirit of stupor,Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,Down to this very day.”
8 as it is written:God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,(d)eyes that cannot seeand ears that cannot hear,to this day.(L)(e)
8 As it is written, "To this day God has put them into deep sleep. Their eyes do not see, and their ears do not hear."
9 And David said, "Let their feasting prove a snare and a trap to them, Their ruin and their retribution.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
9 And David says,“(N)Let their table become a snare and a trap,And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
9 And David says:Let their feasting(f) become a snare and a trap,a pitfall and a retribution to them.
9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a punishment for them.
Israel's Rejection Not Final
11 I ask then, has their stumbling led to their absolute ruin? By no means. Through their false step salvation has gone to the heathen, so as to make the Israelites jealous.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
11 (P)I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? (Q)May it never be! But by their transgression (R)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to (S)make them jealous.
11 I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling,(h) salvation has come to the Gentiles(N) to make Israel jealous.
11 And so I ask, "They have not stumbled so as to fall, have they?" Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to the gentiles to make the Jews jealous.
Cursing Of The Fig Tree
12 But if their false step has so enriched the world, and their defeat has so enriched the heathen, how much more good the addition of their full number will do!
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their (f)(T)fulfillment be!
12 Now if their stumbling(i) brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring!(O)
12 Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their fall means riches for the gentiles, how much more will their full participation mean!
Gentile Branches Grafted In
13 But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as (U)I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles,(P) I magnify my ministry,
13 I am speaking to you gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the gentiles, I magnify my ministry
15 For if their rejection has meant the reconciling of the world, what can the acceptance of them mean but life from the dead?
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
15 For if their rejection is the (Y)reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but (Z)life from the dead?
15 For if their rejection brings reconciliation(S) to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?(T)
15 For if their rejection results in reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance bring but life from the dead?
16 If the first handful of dough is consecrated, the whole mass is, and if the root of a tree is consecrated, so are its branches.
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
16 If the (AA)first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
16 Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy,(U) so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you who were only a wild olive shoot have been grafted in, in place of them, and made to share the richness of the olive's root,
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
17 But if some of the (AB)branches were broken off, and (AC)you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the (h)rich root of the olive tree,
17 Now if some of the branches were broken off,(V) and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them(W) and have come to share in the rich root(k) of the cultivated olive tree,
17 Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,
18 you must not look down upon the branches. If you do, remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you.
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that (AD)it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
18 do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.(X)
18 do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
20 That is true; but it was for their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you stand where you do. You ought not to feel proud; you ought to be afraid,
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you (AF)stand by your faith. (AG)Do not be conceited, but fear;
20 True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith.(Z) Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.(AA)
20 That's right! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you remain only because of faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid!
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you.
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly will not spare you, either.
22 Observe then the goodness and the severity of God??everity to those who have fallen, but goodness to you, provided you abide by his goodness, for otherwise, you in your turn will be pruned away.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s (AH)kindness, (AI)if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also (AJ)will be cut off.
22 Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness(AB) toward you—if you remain in His kindness.(AC) Otherwise you too will be cut off.(AD)
22 Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.
23 Those others too, if they do not cling to their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
23 And they also, (AK)if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
23 And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief,(AE) will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again.
23 If the Jews do not persist in their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, because God is able to graft them in.
24 For if you were cut from a wild olive and unnaturally grafted upon a cultivated one, how much easier it will be to graft them upon the olive to which they properly belong!
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
24 For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?
24 After all, if you were cut off from what is naturally a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier it will be for these natural branches to be grafted back into their own olive tree!
All Israel To Be Saved
25 For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
25 For (AL)I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this (AM)mystery—so that you will not be (AN)wise in your own estimation—that a partial (AO)hardening has happened to Israel until the (AP)fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
25 So that you will not be conceited,(AF) brothers, I do not want you to be unaware(AG) of this mystery:(AH) A partial hardening has come to Israel(AI) until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.(AJ)
25 For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.
26 and then all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says, "The deliverer will come from Zion, He will drive all ungodliness away from Jacob,
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
26 and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,“(AQ)The Deliverer will come from Zion,He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”
26 And in this way all(l) Israel will be saved, as it is written:The Liberator will come from Zion;He will turn away godlessness from Jacob.
26 In this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
28 From the point of view of the good news they are treated as enemies of God on your account; but from the point of view of God's choice, they are dear to him because of their forefathers,
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
28 (j)From the standpoint of the gospel they are (AT)enemies for your sake, but (k)from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for (AU)the sake of the fathers;
28 Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage,(AM) but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,(AN)
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake, but as far as election is concerned, they are loved for the sake of their ancestors.
30 For just as you once disobeyed God, but now have had mercy shown you because they disobeyed,
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
30 As you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy through their disobedience,
30 For just as you disobeyed God in the past but now have received his mercy because of their disobedience,
31 so they are now disobedient in order that they in turn may experience the same mercy as you.
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.
31 so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also now(p) may receive mercy.
31 so they, too, have now disobeyed. As a result, they may receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.
A Hymn Of Praise
33 How inexhaustible God's resources, wisdom, and knowledge are! How unfathomable his decisions are, and how untraceable his ways!
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
33 Oh, the depth of (AY)the riches (l)both of the (AZ)wisdom and knowledge of God! (BA)How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
33 Oh, the depth of the riches(AR)both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!(AS)How unsearchable His judgments(AT)and untraceable His ways!
33 O how deep are God's riches, and wisdom, and knowledge! How unfathomable are his decisions and unexplainable are his ways!
36 For from him everything comes; through him everything exists; and in him everything ends! Glory to him forever! Amen.
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
36 For (BD)from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. (BE)To Him be the glory (n)forever. Amen.
36 For all things are from him, by him, and for him. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen.