Römer 11

1I 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.

2God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?

3Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

4But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.

5Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.

6And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

7What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.

8As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.

9And David saith: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.

10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.

11I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.

12Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?

13For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,

14If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

15For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

16For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

17And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,

18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

19Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

20Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.

21For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.

22See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

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

24For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

26And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

27And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.

28As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.

29For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

30For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;

31So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.

32For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all.

33O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?

35Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?

36For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.

1Dico ergo: Numquid Deus repulit populum suum? Absit. Nam et ego Israëlita sum ex semine Abraham, de tribu Benjamin:

2non repulit Deus plebem suam, quam præscivit. An nescitis in Elia quid dicit Scriptura? quemadmodum interpellat Deum adversum Israël:

3Domine, prophetas tuos occiderunt, altaria tua suffoderunt: et ego relictus sum solus, et quærunt animam meam.

4Sed quid dicit illi divinum responsum? Reliqui mihi septem millia virorum, qui non curvaverunt genua ante Baal.

5Sic ergo et in hoc tempore reliquiæ secundum electionem gratiæ salvæ factæ sunt.

6Si autem gratia, jam non ex operibus: alioquin gratia jam non est gratia.

7Quid ergo? Quod quærebat Israël, hoc non est consecutus: electio autem consecuta est: ceteri vero excæcati sunt:

8sicut scriptum est: Dedit illis Deus spiritum compunctionis: oculos ut non videant, et aures ut non audiant, usque in hodiernum diem.

9Et David dicit: Fiat mensa eorum in laqueum, et in captionem, et in scandalum, et in retributionem illis.

10Obscurentur oculi eorum ne videant: et dorsum eorum semper incurva.

11Dico ergo: Numquid sic offenderunt ut caderent? Absit. Sed illorum delicto, salus est gentibus ut illos æmulentur.

12Quod si delictum illorum divitiæ sunt mundi, et diminutio eorum divitiæ gentium: quanto magis plenitudo eorum?

13Vobis enim dico gentibus: Quamdiu quidem ego sum gentium Apostolus, ministerium meum honorificabo,

14si quomodo ad æmulandum provocem carnem meam, et salvos faciam aliquos ex illis.

15Si enim amissio eorum, reconciliatio est mundi: quæ assumptio, nisi vita ex mortuis?

16Quod si delibatio sancta est, et massa: et si radix sancta, et rami.

17Quod si aliqui ex ramis fracti sunt, tu autem cum oleaster esses, insertus es in illis, et socius radicis, et pinguedinis olivæ factus es,

18noli gloriari adversus ramos. Quod si gloriaris: non tu radicem portas, sed radix te.

19Dices ergo: Fracti sunt rami ut ego inserar.

20Bene: propter incredulitatem fracti sunt. Tu autem fide stas: noli altum sapere, sed time.

21Si enim Deus naturalibus ramis non pepercit: ne forte nec tibi parcat.

22Vide ergo bonitatem, et severitatem Dei: in eos quidem qui ceciderunt, severitatem: in te autem bonitatem Dei, si permanseris in bonitate, alioquin et tu excideris.

23Sed et illi, si non permanserint in incredulitate, inserentur: potens est enim Deus iterum inserere illos.

24Nam si tu ex naturali excisus es oleastro, et contra naturam insertus es in bonam olivam: quanto magis ii qui secundum naturam inserentur suæ olivæ?

25Nolo enim vos ignorare, fratres, mysterium hoc (ut non sitis vobis ipsis sapientes), quia cæcitas ex parte contigit in Israël, donec plenitudo gentium intraret,

26et sic omnis Israël salvus fieret, sicut scriptum est: Veniet ex Sion, qui eripiat, et avertat impietatem a Jacob.

27Et hoc illis a me testamentum: cum abstulero peccata eorum.

28Secundum Evangelium quidem, inimici propter vos: secundum electionem autem, carissimi propter patres.

29Sine pœnitentia enim sunt dona et vocatio Dei.

30Sicut enim aliquando et vos non credidistis Deo, nunc autem misericordiam consecuti estis propter incredulitatem illorum:

31ita et isti nunc non crediderunt in vestram misericordiam: ut et ipsi misericordiam consequantur.

32Conclusit enim Deus omnia in incredulitate, ut omnium misereatur.

33O altitudo divitiarum sapientiæ, et scientiæ Dei: quam incomprehensibilia sunt judicia ejus, et investigabiles viæ ejus !

34Quis enim cognovit sensum Domini? aut quis consiliarius ejus fuit?

35aut quis prior dedit illi, et retribuetur ei?

36Quoniam ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso sunt omnia: ipsi gloria in sæcula. Amen.

1Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

2God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel?

3“Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.”

4But what is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.”

5Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace.

6And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.

7What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

8just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day.”

9And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.

10Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”

11Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.

12Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?

13For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,

14in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.

15For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?

16For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

17And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

18do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

19Therefore, you would say: The branches were broken off, so that I might be grafted on.

20Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.

21For if God has not spared the natural branches, perhaps also he might not spare you.

22So then, notice the goodness and the severity of God. Certainly, toward those who have fallen, there is severity; but toward you, there is the goodness of God, if you remain in goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.

23Moreover, if they do not remain in unbelief, they will be grafted on. For God is able to graft them on again.

24So if you have been cut off from the wild olive tree, which is natural to you, and, contrary to nature, you are grafted on to the good olive tree, how much more shall those who are the natural branches be grafted on to their own olive tree?

25For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

26And in this way, all of Israel may be saved, just as it was written: “From Zion shall arrive he who delivers, and he shall turn impiety away from Jacob.

27And this will be my covenant for them, when I will take away their sins.”

28Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.

29For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.

30And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,

31so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.

32For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.

33Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!

34For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?

35Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?

36For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.