Romans 11

Romans 11:1 Then I am asking, God has not abandoned his people, has he? Absolutely not! because I, too, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:2 God has not abandoned his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah and how he pleads with God against Israel?

Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have destroyed your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking to end my life!”

Romans 11:4 But what was the divine answer to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand faithful men who have not bent the knee to Baal.”

Romans 11:5 Then in the same way at the present season there is a remnant chosen by favor.

Romans 11:6 And if it is by favor, it is no longer by achievements. Otherwise, a favor would no longer be a favor.

Romans 11:7 What then? Israel failed to get hold of what it was diligently seeking, but the chosen got it. The rest were hardened,

Romans 11:8 as it is written, “God gave them a breath of coma, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”

Romans 11:9 And David says, “Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a reprisal for them;

Romans 11:10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend repeatedly.”

Romans 11:11 Then I am asking, did they not stumble into an irretrievable fall? It’s not going to happen! But by means of their violation, rescue has come to the Gentiles, making Israel jealous.

Romans 11:12 Now, if their violation means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their complete restoration bring?

Romans 11:13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am a missionary to the Gentiles, then, I make a big deal of my ministry,

Romans 11:14 if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

Romans 11:15 Because if their loss is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Romans 11:16 If the first portion of the dough offered is devoted, then the whole batch is committed, and if the root is dedicated, so too are the branches.

Romans 11:17 Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root,

Romans 11:18 do not brag over the branches. But if you brag, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Romans 11:19 Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Romans 11:20 Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!

Romans 11:21 Because if God did not spare the natural branches, maybe he will not spare you.

Romans 11:22 Take note then of the gentleness and roughness of God– roughness toward those who have fallen, but God’s gentleness toward you, provided you continue in his gentleness; otherwise, you also will be cut off.

Romans 11:23 And even they– if they do not continue in their unbelief– will be re-grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Romans 11:24 Because if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their olive tree?

Romans 11:25 Because I do not want you to be poorly informed about this obscure truth, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the whole number of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

Romans 11:27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their failures.”

Romans 11:28 In regard to the excellent message, they are presently enemies on your account, but in relation to election, they are dearly loved on account of the fathers.

Romans 11:29 Because the gifts and the invitation[1] of God are irreversible.

Romans 11:30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Romans 11:31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.

Romans 11:32 Because God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.

Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

Romans 11:34 Because who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?

Romans 11:35 Or who has first given to God that God needs to repay him?

Romans 11:36 Because from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory permanently! Amen.

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[1]κλῆσις = invitation. Romans 11:29.

Romans 11 links:

A conditionalist looks at αἰών
a remnant chosen by grace
ACST 1. The Reason
ACST 55- The Chosen
evangelism- perspective on Israel
Examining Romans 2-6-8
Explaining our hope
God and Israel
Maranatha Daily Devotional – July 26, 2015
Maranatha Daily Devotional – July 28, 2015
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, December 12, 2023
presently enemies but dearly loved
their full restoration

The ROMANS shelf in Jeff’s library