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          DASV: Romans 11    

1 I ask then, has God rejected his people? Certainly not! For
I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe
of Benjamin.
2 God did not reject his people whom he foreknew. Do you not
know what the Scripture says concerning Elijah, how he
pleaded with God against Israel?
3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down
your altars; and I am the only one left, and they are seeking
my life."
4 But what was God's response to him? "I have preserved for
myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
5 So in that same way, at this present time, there is a
remnant chosen by grace.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no more by works; otherwise
grace would no more longer be grace.
7 What then? What Israel was seeking it failed to obtain.
The elect obtained it but the rest were hardened,
8 just as it is written,
      "God gave them a spirit of deep sleep,
           eyes that they should not see,
                and ears that they should not hear,
      down to this very day."
9 And David said,
      "Let their table be made a snare and a trap,
           and a stumbling block, giving them what they deserve.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see,
      and their backs be bent over forever."

11 I ask then, Did they stumble into an unrecoverable fall?
Certainly not. But by their fall salvation has come to the
Gentiles, to provoke Israel to jealousy.
12 Now if their transgression results in riches for the world,
and their loss results in riches for the Gentiles; what more
will their restoration result in?
13 But I speak to you who are Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an
apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry
14 if there is any way by which I may provoke to jealousy my own
people, and so save some of them.
15 For if their rejection results in the reconciling of the world,
what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 If the first piece of dough offered is holy, then the whole
batch is also holy, and if the root is holy, then so are
the branches.
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you,
being a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them, and
now share with them the rich root of the olive tree,
18 do not brag as being better than the branches. But if you
do brag, remember it is not you that support the root, but
the root supports you.
19 You will claim then, "The branches were broken off,
so that I might be grafted in."
20 Well said. But they were broken off because of their
unbelief, and you stand by faith. So do not be arrogant,
but fear.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither
will he spare you.
22 Take note of the kindness and severity of God: severity
toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you,
if you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also
will be cut off.
23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief,
will be grafted back in, for God is able to graft them
in again.
24 For if you were cut from what was 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 back into their
own olive tree?

25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery,
brothers, so that you become conceited: a partial
hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness
of the Gentiles has come in.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written,
     "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer;
           he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this is my covenant with them,
      when I take away their sins."
28 In regard to the gospel, they are enemies for your
sake, but in regard to election, they are beloved
for the forefathers' sake.
29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
30 For just as you were once disobedient to God,
but now have received mercy because of their
disobedience,
31 so they also are now disobedient, in order that
by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive
mercy.
32 For God has consigned all to disobedience, in
order that he might have mercy on all.

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
the knowledge of God!
    How unsearchable are his judgments,
      and how unfathomable are his ways!
34 For who has known the mind of the Lord?
      Or who has been his counselor?
35 Or who has first given to God,
      so that he is obligated to repay him?
36 For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things.
      To him be the glory forever. Amen.

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