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Chapter 11 |
1 | I say then, Hath God 1cast 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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Matt 10:6,
15:24
Acts 3:26,
13:46
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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, |
3 |
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left
alone, and they seek my life.
1 Kings 19:10,
14
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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.
1 Kings 19:18
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5 |
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace. |
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 it
is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. |
7 |
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election
hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. |
8 | (According as it is written,
1God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
2eyes that they should not see, and ears
that they should not hear;) unto this day.
1
Isa 29:10
2
Isa 6:9,
Ezek 12:2,
Matt 13:14,
Luke 8:10,
John 12:40,
Acts 28:26,
Romans 11:8
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9 |
And David saith,
Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a
stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Psa 69:22
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10 |
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and
bow down their back alway.
Psa 69:23
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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. |
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? |
13 | For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I
am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: |
14 | If by any means I may provoke to emulation
them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. |
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? |
16 | For if
the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches. |
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; |
18 | Boast
not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root,
but the root thee. |
19 | Thou
wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. |
20 |
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by
faith. Be not highminded, but fear: |
21
| For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he
also spare not thee. |
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. |
23 | And
they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for
God is able to graff them in again. |
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? |
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. |
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:
Isa 59:20
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For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Isa 59:21
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28 | As concerning the gospel, they are enemies
for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the
father's sakes. |
29 | For the gifts
and calling of God are without repentance. |
30 |
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief: |
31 |
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they
also may obtain mercy. |
32 |
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon
all. |
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! |
34 |
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath
been his counsellor?
Isa 40:13
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35 |
Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him
again?
Job 41:11
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36 | For of him, and
through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.
Amen. |