| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. | 1I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| 2God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel: | 2God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? |
| 3"Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me"? | 3"Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE." |
| 4And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal." | 4But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL." |
| 5So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. | 5In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. |
| 6And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. | 6But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. |
| 7What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, | 7What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; |
| 8as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." | 8just as it is written, "GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY." |
| 9And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them. | 9And David says, "LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM. |
| 10May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever." | 10"LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER." |
| 11Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. | 11I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. |
| 12But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring! | 12Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! |
| 13I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry | 13But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, |
| 14in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. | 14if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. |
| 15For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? | 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? |
| 16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches. | 16If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. |
| 17If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, | 17But 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 rich root of the olive tree, |
| 18do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. | 18do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you. |
| 19You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." | 19You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." |
| 20Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. | 20Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; |
| 21For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. | 21for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. |
| 22Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. | 22Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. |
| 23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. | 23And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. |
| 24After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree! | 24For 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? |
| 25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, | 25For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery-- so that you will not be wise in your own estimation-- that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; |
| 26and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. | 26and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB." |
| 27And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins." | 27"THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS." |
| 28As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, | 28From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; |
| 29for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. | 29for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. |
| 30Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, | 30For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, |
| 31so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you. | 31so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. |
| 32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. | 32For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. |
| 33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! | 33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! |
| 34"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" | 34For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? |
| 35"Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?" | 35Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? |
| 36For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. | 36For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. |
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