1 I say then: Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Ben-jamin.
1 I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not rejected his people which he foreknew. Or know you not in Elias what the Scripture saith; how he requesteth God against Israel?
2 God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias; how he calleth on God against Israel?
3 Lord, they have slain thy Prophets, they have digged down thine Altars: and I am left alone, & they seek my life.
3 ¹Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the divine answer unto him? I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal?
4 But what saith the divine answer to him? ²I have left me seven thousand men, that have not bowed their knees to Baal.
5 So therefore at this time also, there are remains saved according to the election of grace.
5 Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, not now of works. Otherwise grace now is not grace.
6 And if by grace, it is not now by works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
7 What then? that which Israel sought, the same he hath not obtained; but the election hath obtained, and the rest were blinded:
7 What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.
8 as it is written: God hath given them the spirit of compunction; eyes, that they may not see, and ears, that they may not hear; until this present day.
8 As it is written: ³God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day.
9 And David saith: Be their table made for a snare and for a trap & for a scandal & for a retribution unto them.
9 And David saith: ⁴Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them.
10 Be their eyes darkened, that they may not see: & their back make thou always crooked.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see: and bow down their back always.
11 Isay then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is to the Gentiles, that they may emulate them.
11 I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
12 And if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fullness of them?
12 Now if the offence of them be the riches of the world, and the diminution of them, the riches of the Gentiles; how much more the fulness of them?
13 For to you Gentiles I say, as long verily as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,
13 For I say to you, Gentiles: ⁵as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,
14 if by any means I may provoke my flesh to emulation, and may save some of them.
14 If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
15 For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world; what shall the receiving be, but life from the dead?
15 For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 And if the first fruit be holy, the mass also: and if the root be holy, the boughs also.
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the boughs be broken, and thou whereas thou wast a wild olive, art graffed in them, and art made partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive,
17 And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,
18 glory not against the boughs. And if thou glory; not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou sayest then: The boughs were broken, that I might be graffed in.
19 Thou wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well: because of incredulity they were broken, but thou by faith doest stand: be not too highly wise; but fear.
20 Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear.
21 For if God hath not spared the natural boughs; lest perhaps he will not spare thee neither.
21 For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps he also spare not thee.
22 See then the goodness and the severity of God: upon them surely that are fallen, the severity; but upon thee the goodness of God, if thou abide in his goodness; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
22 See then the goodness and the severity of God: towards them indeed that are fallen, the severity; but towards thee, the goodness of God, if thou abide in goodness, otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 But they also, if they do not abide in incredulity, shall be graffed in. For God is able to graff them in again.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the natural wild olive, and contrary to nature wast graffed into the good olive; how much more they that are according to nature shall be graffed into their own olive?
24 For if thou wert cut out of the wild olive tree, which is natural to thee; and, contrary to nature, were grafted into the good olive tree; how much more shall they that are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I will not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (that you be not wise in yourselves) that blindness in part hath chanced in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles might enter:
25 For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, ⁶(lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.
26 and so all Israel might be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall avert impiety from Jacob.
26 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: ⁷There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27 And this to them the testament from me: when I shall have taken away their sins.
27 And this is to them my covenant: when I shall take away their sins.
28 According to the Gospel indeed enemies for you: but according to the election, most dear for the fathers.
28 As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.
29 For without repentance are the gifts & the vocation of God.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as you also sometime did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy because of their incredulity;
30 For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief;
31 so these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
31 So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded all into incredulity, that he may have mercy on all.
32 For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he may have mercy on all.
33 O depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God: how incomprehensible are his judgements, and his ways unsearchable?
33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!
34 For who hath known the mind of our Lord? or who hath been his Counseller?
34 ⁸For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and retribution shall be made him?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall be made him?
36 For of him, and by him, and in him are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.
36 For of him, and by him, and in him, are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.