Romans 第11章
The Remnant of Israel
1I ask, then, 11:1 1 Sam. 12:22; Jer. 31:37; 33:24has God rejected his people? By no means! For 11:1 2 Cor. 11:22; Phil. 3:5I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
211:2 Ps. 94:14God has not rejected his people whom he 11:2 ch. 8:29foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
311:3 Cited from 1 Kgs. 19:10, 14“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
4But what is God’s reply to him? 11:4 Cited from 1 Kgs. 19:18“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5So too at the present time there is 11:5 ch. 9:27; [Jer. 3:14; Zech. 13:8]a remnant, chosen by grace.
7What then? 11:7 See ch. 9:31Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest 11:7 [ver. 25]were hardened,
8as it is written,
11:8 Isa. 29:10“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
11:8 Deut. 29:4; [Isa. 43:8; Jer. 5:21; Ezek. 12:2; Eph. 4:18]; See Matt. 13:14eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”
9And David says,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever.”
Gentiles Grafted In
11So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass 11:11 [Acts 28:28]salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
12Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion11:12 Greek their fullness mean!
13Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as 11:13 ch. 15:16; [Acts 26:17]; See Acts 9:15I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
14in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and 11:14 1 Cor. 7:16; 9:22; 1 Tim. 4:16; James 5:20thus save some of them.
15For if their rejection means 11:15 ch. 5:11the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
1611:16 Num. 15:18-21; Neh. 10:37; Ezek. 44:30If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17But if 11:17 Jer. 11:16; [Ps. 52:8; John 15:2] some of the branches were broken off, and you, 11:17 [Eph. 2:12]although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness of the olive tree,
18do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.
19Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
20That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you 11:20 1 Cor. 10:12; 2 Cor. 1:24stand fast through faith. So 11:20 ch. 12:3, 16; 1 Tim. 6:17do not become proud, but 11:20 Prov. 28:14; Isa. 66:2, 5; Jer. 44:10; Phil. 2:12fear.
21For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
22Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, 11:22 1 Cor. 15:2; Heb. 3:6, 14provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise 11:22 [John 15:2]you too will be cut off.
23And 11:23 2 Cor. 3:16even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
24For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation
2511:25 ch. 12:16Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:11:25 Or brothers and sisters11:25 2 Cor. 3:14; [ver. 7] a partial hardening has come upon Israel, 11:25 [Rev. 7:9]; See Luke 21:24until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
26And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
11:26 Cited from Isa. 59:20, 21; [John 4:22; Heb. 8:8-12] “The Deliverer will come 11:26 Ps. 14:7; 53:6from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
28As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are 11:28 ch. 9:5; Deut. 7:8; 10:15beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
30For just as 11:30 Eph. 2:2, 3, 11, 13; Col. 1:21; 3:7; Titus 3:3you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
31so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now11:31 Some manuscripts omit now receive mercy.
33Oh, the depth of the riches and 11:33 Col. 2:3; [Ps. 139:6; Eph. 3:10] wisdom and knowledge of God! 11:33 Deut. 29:29How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34“For 11:34 Isa. 40:13; 1 Cor. 2:16; [Job 15:8] who has known the mind of the Lord,
that he might be repaid?”
36For 11:36 1 Cor. 8:6; 11:12; Col. 1:16; [Heb. 2:10] from him and through him and to him are all things. 11:36 ch. 16:27; Eph. 3:21; Phil. 4:20; 1 Tim. 1:17; 1 Pet. 4:11; 2 Pet. 3:18; Jude 25; Rev. 1:6; 5:13To him be glory forever. Amen.
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