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1. So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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1. I say G3004 then G3767 , Hath G3361 God G2316 cast away G683 his G848 people G2992 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 . For G1063 I G1473 also G2532 am G1510 an Israelite G2475 , of G1537 the seed G4690 of Abraham G11 , of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin G958 .
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2. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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2. God G2316 hath not G3756 cast away G683 his G848 people G2992 which G3739 he foreknew G4267 G2228 . Wot G1492 ye not G3756 what G5101 the G3588 Scripture G1124 saith G3004 of G1722 Elijah G2243 ? how G5613 he maketh intercession G1793 to God G2316 against G2596 Israel G2474 , saying G3004 ,
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3. "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!"
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3. Lord G2962 , they have killed G615 thy G4675 prophets G4396 , and G2532 digged down G2679 thine G4675 altars G2379 ; and I G2504 am left G5275 alone G3441 , and G2532 they seek G2212 my G3450 life G5590 .
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4. But what was the divine response to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."
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4. But G235 what G5101 saith G3004 the G3588 answer of God G5538 unto him G846 ? I have reserved G2641 to myself G1683 seven thousand G2035 men G435 , who G3748 have not G3756 bowed G2578 the knee G1119 to the image of Baal G896 .
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5. So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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5. Even so G3779 then G3767 at G1722 this present G3568 time G2540 also G2532 there is G1096 a remnant G3005 according G2596 to the election G1589 of grace G5485 .
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6. And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
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6. And G1161 if G1487 by grace G5485 , then is it no more G3765 of G1537 works G2041 : otherwise G1893 grace G5485 is G1096 no more G3765 grace G5485 . But G1161 if G1487 it be of G1537 works G2041 , then is G2076 it no more G3765 grace G5485 : otherwise G1893 work G2041 is G2076 no more G3765 work G2041 .
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7. What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
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7. What G5101 then G3767 ? Israel G2474 hath G5127 not G3756 obtained G2013 that which G3739 he seeketh for G1934 ; but G1161 the G3588 election G1589 hath obtained G2013 it, and G1161 the G3588 rest G3062 were blinded G4456 .
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8. as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."
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8. (According as G2531 it is written G1125 , God G2316 hath given G1325 them G846 the spirit G4151 of slumber G2659 , eyes G3788 that they should not G3361 see G991 , and G2532 ears G3775 that they should not G3361 hear G191 ;) unto G2193 this G4594 day G2250 .
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9. And David says, "Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
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9. And G2532 David G1138 saith G3004 , Let their G848 table G5132 be made G1096 a G1519 snare G3803 , and G2532 a G1519 trap G2339 , and G2532 a G1519 stumblingblock G4625 , and G2532 a G1519 recompense G468 unto them G846 :
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10. let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually."
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10. Let their G848 eyes G3788 be darkened G4654 , that they may not G3361 see G991 , and G2532 bow down G4781 their G848 back G3577 always G1275 .
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11. I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.
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11. I say G3004 then G3767 , Have they G3361 stumbled G4417 that G2443 they should fall G4098 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 : but G235 rather through their G848 fall G3900 salvation G4991 is come unto the G3588 Gentiles G1484 , for to provoke them to jealousy G3863 G846 .
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12. Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring?
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12. Now G1161 if G1487 the G3588 fall G3900 of them G848 be the riches G4149 of the world G2889 , and G2532 the G3588 diminishing G2275 of them G848 the riches G4149 of the Gentiles G1484 ; how much G4214 more G3123 their G848 fullness G4138 ?
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13. Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
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13. For G1063 I speak G3004 to you G5213 Gentiles G1484 , inasmuch as G1909 G3745 G3303 I G1473 am G1510 the apostle G652 of the Gentiles G1484 , I magnify G1392 mine G3450 office G1248 :
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14. if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.
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14. If by any means G1513 I may provoke to emulation G3863 them which are my G3450 flesh G4561 , and G2532 might save G4982 some G5100 of G1537 them G846 .
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15. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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15. For G1063 if G1487 the G3588 casting away G580 of them G846 be the reconciling G2643 of the world G2889 , what G5101 shall the G3588 receiving G4356 of them be, but G1508 life G2222 from G1537 the dead G3498 ?
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16. If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
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16. For G1161 if G1487 the G3588 firstfruit G536 be holy G40 , the G3588 lump G5445 is also G2532 holy : and G2532 if G1487 the G3588 root G4491 be holy G40 , so G2532 are the G3588 branches G2798 .
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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,
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17. And G1161 if G1487 some G5100 of the G3588 branches G2798 be broken off G1575 , and G1161 thou G4771 , being G5607 a wild olive tree G65 , wert grafted in G1461 among G1722 them G846 , and G2532 with them G1096 partakest G4791 of the G3588 root G4491 and G2532 fatness G4096 of the G3588 olive tree G1636 ;
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18. do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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18. Boast not against G2620 G3361 the G3588 branches G2798 . But G1161 if G1487 thou boast G2620 , thou G4771 bearest G941 not G3756 the G3588 root G4491 , but G235 the G3588 root G4491 thee G4571 .
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19. Then you will say, "The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
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19. Thou wilt say G2046 then G3767 , The G3588 branches G2798 were broken off G1575 , that G2443 I G1473 might be grafted in G1461 .
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20. Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
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20. Well G2573 ; because of unbelief G570 they were broken off G1575 , and G1161 thou G4771 standest G2476 by faith G4102 . Be not highminded G5309 G3361 , but G235 fear G5399 :
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21. For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.
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21. For G1063 if G1487 God G2316 spared G5339 not G3756 the G3588 natural G2596 G5449 branches G2798 , take heed lest G3381 he also spare G5339 not G3761 thee G4675 .
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22. Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God� harshness toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
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22. Behold G1492 therefore G3767 the goodness G5544 and G2532 severity G663 of God G2316 : on G1909 G3303 them which fell G4098 , severity G663 ; but G1161 toward G1909 thee G4571 , goodness G5544 , if G1437 thou continue in G1961 his goodness G5544 : otherwise G1893 thou G4771 also G2532 shalt be cut off G1581 .
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23. And even they� if they do not continue in their unbelief� will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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23. And G1161 they G1565 also G2532 , if they abide not G3362 G1961 still in unbelief G570 , shall be grafted in G1461 : for G1063 God G2316 is G2076 able G1415 to graft them in G1461 G846 again G3825 .
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24. For 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 own olive tree?
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24. For G1063 if G1487 thou G4771 wert cut G1581 out G1537 of the G3588 olive tree which is wild G65 by G2596 nature G5449 , and G2532 wert grafted G1461 contrary G3844 to nature G5449 into G1519 a good olive tree G2565 : how much G4214 more G3123 shall these G3778 , which G3588 be the natural G2596 G5449 branches, be grafted into G1461 their own G2398 olive tree G1636 ?
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25. For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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25. For G1063 I would G2309 not G3756 , brethren G80 , that ye G5209 should be ignorant G50 of this G5124 mystery G3466 , lest G3363 ye should be G5600 wise G5429 in G3844 your own conceits G1438 ; that G3754 blindness G4457 in G575 part G3313 is happened G1096 to Israel G2474 , until G891 G3757 the G3588 fullness G4138 of the G3588 Gentiles G1484 be come in G1525 .
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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.
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26. And G2532 so G3779 all G3956 Israel G2474 shall be saved G4982 : as G2531 it is written G1125 , There shall come G2240 out of G1537 Zion G4622 the G3588 Deliverer G4506 , and G2532 shall turn away G654 ungodliness G763 from G575 Jacob G2384 :
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27. And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins."
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27. For G2532 this G3778 is G3844 my G1700 covenant G1242 unto them G846 , when G3752 I shall take away G851 their G848 sins G266 .
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28. In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.
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28. As concerning G2596 G3303 the G3588 gospel G2098 , they are enemies G2190 for your sakes G1223 G5209 : but G1161 as touching G2596 the G3588 election G1589 , they are beloved G27 for the fathers' sakes G1223 G3588 G3962 .
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29. For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
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29. For G1063 the G3588 gifts G5486 and G2532 calling G2821 of God G2316 are without repentance G278 .
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30. Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
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30. For G1063 as G5618 ye G5210 in times past G4218 have G2532 not believed G544 God G2316 , yet G1161 have now G3568 obtained mercy G1653 through their G5130 unbelief G543 :
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31. so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.
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31. Even so G3779 have these G3778 also G2532 now G3568 not believed G544 , that G2443 through your G5212 mercy G1656 they G846 also G2532 may obtain mercy G1653 .
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32. For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.
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32. For G1063 God G2316 hath concluded G4788 them all G3956 in G1519 unbelief G543 , that G2443 he might have mercy G1653 upon all G3956 .
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33. Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
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33. O G5599 the depth G899 of the riches G4149 both G2532 of the wisdom G4678 and G2532 knowledge G1108 of God G2316 ! how G5613 unsearchable G419 are his G848 judgments G2917 , and G2532 his G848 ways G3598 past finding out G421 !
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34. For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?
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34. For G1063 who G5101 hath known G1097 the mind G3563 of the Lord G2962 ? or G2228 who G5101 hath been G1096 his G848 counselor G4825 ?
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35. Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him?
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35. Or G2228 who G5101 hath first given G4272 to him G846 , and G2532 it shall be recompensed G467 unto him G846 again?
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36. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.
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36. For G3754 of G1537 him G846 , and G2532 through G1223 him G846 , and G2532 to G1519 him G846 , are all things G3956 : to whom G846 be glory G1391 forever G1519 G165 . Amen G281 .
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