Romans 11

Israel's Stumbling and Hardening Romans 11:7–10

⁷Verse 7. What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. ⁸Verse 8. According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.” ⁹Verse 9. David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. ¹⁰Verse 10. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.”

Salvation for the Gentiles Romans 11:11–15

¹¹Verse 11. I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. ¹²Verse 12. Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness? ¹³Verse 13. For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry; ¹⁴Verse 14. if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them. ¹⁵Verse 15. For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

The Olive Tree Metaphor Romans 11:16–24

¹⁶Verse 16. If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches. ¹⁷Verse 17. But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; ¹⁸Verse 18. don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. ¹⁹Verse 19. You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰Verse 20. True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

²¹Verse 21. for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. ²²Verse 22. See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. ²³Verse 23. They also, if they don’t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴Verse 24. For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

The Mystery of Hardening Romans 11:25–32

²⁵Verse 25. For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, ²⁶Verse 26. and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. ²⁷Verse 27. This is my covenant with them, when I will take away their sins.” ²⁸Verse 28. Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

²⁹Verse 29. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. ³⁰Verse 30. For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, ³¹Verse 31. even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy. ³²Verse 32. For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

God's Unsearchable Wisdom Romans 11:33–36

³³Verse 33. Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! ³⁴Verse 34. “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” ³⁵Verse 35. “Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?” ³⁶Verse 36. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.