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Romans 11
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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. |
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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, |
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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I
am left alone, and they seek my life. |
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| 11:4
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. |
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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace. |
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And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more
grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no
more work. |
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| 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
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"Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see."
God blinded the Jews so they wouldn't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
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| 11:8
(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.
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And David saith, Let
their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a
recompence unto them: |
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Let their eyes be
darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. |
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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. |
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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? |
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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles,
I magnify mine office: |
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and
might save some of them. |
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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? |
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For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be
holy, so are the branches. |
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| 11:17
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; |
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Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the
root, but the root thee. |
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Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed
in. |
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Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by
faith. Be not highminded, but fear: |
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For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare
not thee. |
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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. |
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And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in:
for God is able to graff them in again. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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: |
"All Israel shall be saved."
Paul says that all Israel shall be saved.
But Jesus said (Mt.8:12) that "the children
of the kingdom" (Israel) would be cast into the outer darkness.
What will happen to Jews when they die?
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| 11:27
For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
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| 11:28
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching
the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. |
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. |
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For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy
through their unbelief: |
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Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they
also may obtain mercy. |
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon
all. |
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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! |
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? |
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Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him
again? |
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For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory
for ever. Amen.
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