Romans 11:1–12

Israel’s Rejection Not Total

11I say then, ^ahas God cast away His people? ^bCertainly not! For ^cI also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. ²God has not cast away His people whom ^dHe foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, ^3e“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? ⁴But what does the divine response say to him? ^f“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ^5gEven so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶And ^hif by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. ¹But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

⁷What then? ⁱIsrael has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were ^jblinded. ⁸Just as it is written:

^k“God has given them a spirit of stupor,

^lEyes that they should not see

And ears that they should not hear,

To this very day.”

⁹And David says:

^m“Let their table become a snare and a trap,

A stumbling block and a recompense to them.

¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,

And bow down their back always.”

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

¹¹I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But ⁿthrough their ²fall, to provoke them to ^ojealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. ¹²Now if their ³fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!