¹ I say, then—Hath God cast off his people? Far be it! For, I also, am an Israelite,—of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

² God hath not cast off his people, whom he fore approved. Or know ye not, in [the account of] Elijah what the scripture saith, when he intercedeth with God against Israel?

³ Lord! Thy prophets, have they slain, thine altars, have they overthrown, and, I, am left alone, and they are seeking my life!

⁴ But what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who, indeed, have not bowed a knee unto Baal.

⁵ Thus, then, in the present season also, a remnant, by way of an election of favour, hath come into being.

⁶ If, however, by favour, no longer of works; else, favour, no longer proveth to be favour!

⁷ What then? That which Israel seeketh after, the same, it hath not obtained:—the election, however, have obtained it, and, the rest, have been hardened;—

⁸ Even as it is written—God hath given unto them a spirit of stupor,—eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,—until this very day;

⁹ And, David, saith—Let their table be turned into a snare, and into gin, and into a trap, and into a recompense unto them,

¹⁰ Darkened be their eyes, not to see, and, their back, do thou continually bow down.

¹¹ I say then—Did they stumble in order that they might fall? Far be it! But, by their fall, salvation [hath come] unto the nations, to the end of provoking them to jealousy.

¹² If, moreover, their fall, is the riches of a world, and their loss, the riches of nations, how much rather their fullness?

¹³ Unto you, however, am I speaking,—you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,

¹⁴ If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and save some from among them;—

¹⁵ For, if, the casting away of them, hath become the reconciling of a world, what shall, the taking of them in addition, be, but life from among the dead?

¹⁶ If, moreover, the first fruit [is] holy, the lump [shall be] also; and, if the root [is] holy, the branches [shall be] also.

¹⁷ If, however, some of the branches, have been broken out, and, thou, being a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and hast become a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive,

¹⁸ Be not boasting over the branches! Howbeit, if thou boast, it is not, thou, that bearest the root, but the root, thee!

¹⁹ Thou wilt say, then—Branches were broken out in order that, I, might he grafted in.

²⁰ Well: by their want of faith, they have been broken out,—and, thou, by thy faith, dost stand!—Regard not lofty things, but be afraid;

²¹ For, if, God, hath not spared, the natural branches, neither, thee, will he spare!

²² See, then, the kindness and the severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity,—but, upon thee, the kindness of God, if thou abide still in the kindness,—otherwise, thou also, shalt he cut out;

²³ Whereas, they also, unless they abide still in their want of faith, shall be grafted in, for God is, able, again to engraft them!

²⁴ For, if, thou, out of the naturally wild olive was cut out, and, beyond nature, hast been engrafted into the good olive, how much rather, shall these, the natural [branches] be engrafted into their own olive tree?

²⁵ For I wish not, ye should be ignorant, brethren, of this sacred secret, lest within yourselves ye be presumptuous, that, a hardening in part, hath befallen Israel, until, the full measure of the nations, shall come in;

²⁶ And, so, all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written—There shall have come out of Zion the Deliverer,—He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

²⁷ And, this, for them, is the covenant from me, as soon as I take away their sins.

²⁸ As touching the joyful-message, indeed, they are enemies for your sake, but, as touching the election, beloved for their father’s sake;

²⁹ For, not to be regretted, are the gifts and the calling of God:—

³⁰ For, just as, ye, at one time had not yielded unto God, and yet now have received mercy by their refusal to yield,

³¹ So, these also, have now refused to yield, by your own mercy, in order that, themselves also, should now become objects of mercy;

³² For God hath shut up all together, in a refusal to yield, in order that, upon all, he may bestow mercy.

³³ Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!

³⁴ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor?

³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?

³⁶ Because, of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things:—unto him, be the glory, unto the ages. Amen!