<vn='1'>I <sn="3004">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>, <sn="*3361">Hath</s><sn="2316">God</s> cast <sn="683">away</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2992">people</s>? God <sn="1096 3361">forbid</s>. <sn="1063">For</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1510">am</s> an <sn="2475">Israelite</s>, <sn="1537">of</s> the <sn="4690">seed</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>, of the <sn="5443">tribe</s> of <sn="958">Benjamin</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="3756">not</s> cast <sn="683">away</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2992">people</s><sn="3739">which</s> he <sn="4267 *2228">foreknew</s>. <sn="1492">Wot</s> ye <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1124">Scripture</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="1722">of</s><sn="2243">Elijah</s>? <sn="5613">how</s> he maketh <sn="1793">intercession</s> to <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2962">Lord</s>, they have <sn="615">killed</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> digged <sn="2679">down</s><sn="4675">thine</s><sn="2379">altars</s>; and <sn="2504">I</s> am <sn="5275">left</s><sn="3441">alone</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="2212">seek</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="5590">life</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="235">But</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="3588">the</s> answer of <sn="5538">God</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>? I have <sn="2641">reserved</s> to <sn="1683">myself</s> seven <sn="2035">thousand</s><sn="435">men</s>, <sn="3748">who</s> have <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2578">bowed</s> the <sn="1119">knee</s> to the image of <sn="896">Baal</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Even <sn="3779">so</s><sn="3767">then</s><sn="1722">at</s> this <sn="3568">present</s><sn="2540">time</s><sn="2532">also</s> there <sn="1096">is</s> a <sn="3005">remnant</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the <sn="1589">election</s> of <sn="5485">grace</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1487">if</s> by <sn="5485">grace</s>, then is it no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2041">works</s>: <sn="1893">otherwise</s><sn="5485">grace</s><sn="1096">is</s> no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="5485">grace</s>. <sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s> it be <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2041">works</s>, then <sn="2076">is</s> it no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="5485">grace</s>: <sn="1893">otherwise</s><sn="2041">work</s><sn="2076">is</s> no <sn="3765">more</s><sn="2041">work</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5101">What</s><sn="3767">then</s>? <sn="2474">Israel</s><sn="*5127">hath</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2013">obtained</s> that <sn="3739">which</s> he seeketh <sn="1934">for</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1589">election</s> hath <sn="2013">obtained</s> it, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3062">rest</s> were <sn="4456">blinded</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>(According <sn="2531">as</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, <sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="1325">given</s><sn="846">them</s> the <sn="4151">spirit</s> of <sn="2659">slumber</s>, <sn="3788">eyes</s> that they should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="991">see</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3775">ears</s> that they should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="191">hear</s>;) <sn="2193">unto</s><sn="4594">this</s><sn="2250">day</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1138">David</s><sn="3004">saith</s>, Let <sn="848">their</s><sn="5132">table</s> be <sn="1096">made</s><sn="*1519">a</s><sn="3803">snare</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*1519">a</s><sn="2339">trap</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*1519">a</s><sn="4625">stumblingblock</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="*1519">a</s><sn="468">recompense</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>Let <sn="848">their</s><sn="3788">eyes</s> be <sn="4654">darkened</s>, that they may <sn="3361">not</s><sn="991">see</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> bow <sn="4781">down</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="3577">back</s><sn="1275">always</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>I <sn="3004">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>, Have <sn="*3361">they</s><sn="4417">stumbled</s><sn="2443">that</s> they should <sn="4098">fall</s>? God <sn="1096 3361">forbid</s>: <sn="235">but</s> rather through <sn="848">their</s><sn="3900">fall</s><sn="4991">salvation</s> is come unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, for to provoke them to <sn="3863 846">jealousy</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3900">fall</s> of <sn="848">them</s> be the <sn="4149">riches</s> of the <sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2275">diminishing</s> of <sn="848">them</s> the <sn="4149">riches</s> of the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>; how <sn="4214">much</s><sn="3123">more</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="4138">fullness</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="3004">speak</s> to <sn="5213">you</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, inasmuch <sn="1909 3745 3303">as</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s> the <sn="652">apostle</s> of the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, I <sn="1392">magnify</s><sn="3450">mine</s><sn="1248">office</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>If by any <sn="1513">means</s> I may provoke to <sn="3863">emulation</s> them which are <sn="3450">my</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> might <sn="4982">save</s><sn="5100">some</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s> casting <sn="580">away</s> of <sn="846">them</s> be the <sn="2643">reconciling</s> of the <sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="5101">what</s> shall <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4356">receiving</s> of them be, <sn="1508">but</s><sn="2222">life</s><sn="1537">from</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>? </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="536">firstfruit</s> be <sn="40">holy</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5445">lump</s> is <sn="2532">also</s> holy: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4491">root</s> be <sn="40">holy</s>, <sn="2532">so</s> are <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2798">branches</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="5100">some</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2798">branches</s> be broken <sn="1575">off</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="4771">thou</s>, <sn="5607">being</s> a wild olive <sn="65">tree</s>, wert grafted <sn="1461">in</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> with <sn="*1096">them</s><sn="4791">partakest</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4491">root</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4096">fatness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> olive <sn="1636">tree</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>Boast not <sn="2620 3361">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2798">branches</s>. <sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487">if</s> thou <sn="2620">boast</s>, <sn="4771">thou</s><sn="941">bearest</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4491">root</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4491">root</s><sn="4571">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Thou wilt <sn="2046">say</s><sn="3767">then</s>, <sn="3588">The</s><sn="2798">branches</s> were broken <sn="1575">off</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="1473">I</s> might be grafted <sn="1461">in</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2573">Well</s>; because of <sn="570">unbelief</s> they were broken <sn="1575">off</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="2476">standest</s> by <sn="4102">faith</s>. Be not <sn="5309 3361">highminded</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="5399">fear</s>: </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="5339">spared</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2596 5449">natural</s><sn="2798">branches</s>, take heed <sn="3381">lest</s> he also <sn="5339">spare</s><sn="3761">not</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1492">Behold</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> the <sn="5544">goodness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="663">severity</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1909 *3303">on</s> them which <sn="4098">fell</s>, <sn="663">severity</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1909">toward</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, <sn="5544">goodness</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> thou continue <sn="1961">in</s> his <sn="5544">goodness</s>: <sn="1893">otherwise</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="2532">also</s> shalt be cut <sn="1581">off</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1565">they</s><sn="2532">also</s>, if they abide <sn="3362 1961">not</s> still in <sn="570">unbelief</s>, shall be grafted <sn="1461">in</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1415">able</s> to graft them <sn="1461 846">in</s><sn="3825">again</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s><sn="4771">thou</s> wert <sn="1581">cut</s><sn="1537">out</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> olive tree which is <sn="65">wild</s><sn="2596">by</s><sn="5449">nature</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> wert <sn="1461">grafted</s><sn="3844">contrary</s> to <sn="5449">nature</s><sn="1519">into</s> a good olive <sn="2565">tree</s>: how <sn="4214">much</s><sn="3123">more</s> shall <sn="3778">these</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> be the <sn="2596 5449">natural</s> branches, be grafted <sn="1461">into</s> their <sn="2398">own</s> olive <sn="1636">tree</s>? </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1063">For</s> I <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, that <sn="5209">ye</s> should be <sn="50">ignorant</s> of <sn="5124">this</s><sn="3466">mystery</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s> ye should <sn="5600">be</s><sn="5429">wise</s><sn="3844">in</s> your own <sn="1438">conceits</s>; <sn="3754">that</s><sn="4457">blindness</s><sn="575">in</s><sn="3313">part</s> is <sn="1096">happened</s> to <sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="891 3757">until</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4138">fullness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s> be come <sn="1525">in</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2474">Israel</s> shall be <sn="4982">saved</s>: <sn="2531">as</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, There shall <sn="2240">come</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="4622">Zion</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4506">Deliverer</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall turn <sn="654">away</s><sn="763">ungodliness</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2384">Jacob</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">For</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="*3844">is</s><sn="1700">my</s><sn="1242">covenant</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="3752">when</s> I shall take <sn="851">away</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>As <sn="2596 *3303">concerning</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>, they are <sn="2190">enemies</s> for your <sn="1223 5209">sakes</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> as <sn="2596">touching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1589">election</s>, they are <sn="27">beloved</s> for the fathers' <sn="1223 3588 3962">sakes</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5486">gifts</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2821">calling</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> are without <sn="278">repentance</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5618">as</s><sn="5210">ye</s> in times <sn="4218">past</s><sn="*2532">have</s> not <sn="544">believed</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="1161">yet</s> have <sn="3568">now</s> obtained <sn="1653">mercy</s> through <sn="5130">their</s><sn="543">unbelief</s>: </v>
<vn='31'>Even <sn="3779">so</s> have <sn="3778">these</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3568">now</s> not <sn="544">believed</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> through <sn="5212">your</s><sn="1656">mercy</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="2532">also</s> may obtain <sn="1653">mercy</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="4788">concluded</s> them <sn="3956">all</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="543">unbelief</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> he might have <sn="1653">mercy</s> upon <sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="5599">O</s> the <sn="899">depth</s> of the <sn="4149">riches</s><sn="2532">both</s> of the <sn="4678">wisdom</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1108">knowledge</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>! <sn="5613">how</s><sn="419">unsearchable</s> are <sn="848">his</s><sn="2917">judgments</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3598">ways</s> past finding <sn="421">out</s>! </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5101">who</s> hath <sn="1097">known</s> the <sn="3563">mind</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="2228">or</s><sn="5101">who</s> hath <sn="1096">been</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4825">counselor</s>? </v>
<vn='35'><sn="2228">Or</s><sn="5101">who</s> hath first <sn="4272">given</s> to <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> it shall be <sn="467">recompensed</s> unto <sn="846">him</s> again? </v>
<vn='36'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="846">him</s>, are all <sn="3956">things</s>: to <sn="846">whom</s> be <sn="1391">glory</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>