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1. So I ask: Did God throw out his people? No! I myself am an Israelite from the family 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 chose the Israelites to be his people before they were born, and he has not thrown his people out. Surely you know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he prayed to God against the people of 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," he said, "they have killed your prophets, and they have destroyed your altars. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."
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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 answer did God give Elijah? He said, "But I have left seven thousand people in Israel who have never bowed down before 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. It is the same now. There are a few people that God has chosen by his 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 he chose them by grace, it is not for the things they have done. If they could be made God's people by what they did, God's gift of grace would not really be a gift.
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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. So this is what has happened: Although the Israelites tried to be right with God, they did not succeed, but the ones God chose did become right with him. The others were made stubborn and refused to listen to God.
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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 in the Scriptures: "God gave the people a dull mind so they could not understand." "He closed their eyes so they could not see and their ears so they could not hear. This continues until today."
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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 own feasts trap them and cause their ruin; let their feasts cause them to stumble and be paid back.
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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 closed so they cannot see and their backs be forever weak from troubles."
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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. So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to those who are not Jews, in order to make the Jews 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. The Jews' mistake brought rich blessings for the world, and the Jews' loss brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will receive much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.
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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 who are not Jews. I am an apostle to those who are not Jews, and since I have that work, I will make the most of it.
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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. I hope I can make my own people jealous and, in that way, help some of them to be saved.
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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. When God turned away from the Jews, he became friends with other people in the world. So when God accepts the Jews, surely that will bring them life after death.
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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 piece of bread is offered to God, then the whole loaf is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree's branches are holy too.
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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. It is as if some of the branches from an olive tree have been broken off. You non-Jewish people are like the branch of a wild olive tree that has been joined to that first tree. You now share the strength and life of the first tree, the Jews.
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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. So do not brag about those branches that were broken off. If you brag, 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. You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I could be joined to their tree."
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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. That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe, and you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Do not be proud, but be afraid.
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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. If God did not let the natural branches of that tree stay, then he will not let you stay if you don't believe.
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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. So you see that God is kind and also very strict. He punishes those who stop following him. But God is kind to you, if you continue following in his kindness. If you do not, you will be cut off from the tree.
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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 if the Jews will believe in God again, he will accept them back. God is able to put them back where they were.
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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. It is not natural for a wild branch to be part of a good tree. And you who are not Jews are like a branch cut from a wild olive tree and joined to a good olive tree. But since those Jews are like a branch that grew from the good tree, surely they can be joined to their own tree again.
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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. I want you to understand this secret, brothers and sisters, so you will understand that you do not know everything: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when many who are not Jews have come to God.
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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 that is how all Israel will be saved. It is written in the Scriptures: "The Savior will come from Jerusalem; he will take away all evil from the family of 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 I will make this agreement with those people 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. The Jews refuse to accept the Good News, so they are God's enemies. This has happened to help you who are not Jews. But the Jews are still God's chosen people, and he loves them very much because of the promises he made to their ancestors.
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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. God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them.
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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. At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because those people refused to obey.
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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. And now the Jews refuse to obey, because God showed mercy to you. But this happened so that they also can receive mercy from him.
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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. God has given all people over to their stubborn ways so that he can show mercy to 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. Yes, God's riches are very great, and his wisdom and knowledge have no end! No one can explain the things God decides or understand 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. As the Scripture says, "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been able to give him advice?"
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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. "No one has ever given God anything that he must pay back."
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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. Yes, God made all things, and everything continues through him and for him. To him be the 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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