Romans 11:11–24

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

¹¹I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, ⁱsalvation has come to the Gentiles ^jto make Israel jealous. ¹²Now if their stumbling ^kbrings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full number bring! ^l

¹³Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, ^mI magnify my ministry, ¹⁴if I can somehow make my own people ^nojealous and save some of them. ^p15For if their rejection brings reconciliation ^qto the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? ^r16Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, ^sso is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷Now if some of the branches were broken off, ^tand you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them ^uand have come to share in the rich root ^vof the cultivated olive tree, ¹⁸do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. ^w19Then you will say, ^x“Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. ^yDo not be arrogant, but be afraid. ^z21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either. ²²Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness ^atoward you—if you remain in His kindness. ^bOtherwise you too will be cut off. ^c23And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, ^dwill be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again. ²⁴For if you were cut off from your native wild olive and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?