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Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ I say then, God has not 1rejected His people, has He? 2May it never be! For 3I too am an Israelite, [a]a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
  2. God 4has not rejected His people whom He 5foreknew. 6Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
  3. “Lord, 7THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.”
  4. But what [b]is the divine response to him? “8I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL.”
  5. In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time 9a remnant according to God’s [c]gracious choice.
  6. But 10if it is by grace, it is no longer [d]on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
  7. ¶ What then? What 11Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but [e]those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were 12hardened;
  8. just as it is written,
    ¶ “13GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,
    EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT,
    DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY.”
  9. ¶ And David says,
    ¶ “14LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP,
    AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.
  10. “15LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT,
    AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER.”
  11. 16I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? 17May it never be! But by their transgression 18salvation has come to the Gentiles, to 19make them jealous.
  12. Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their [f]20fulfillment be!
  13. But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as 21I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
  14. if somehow I might 22move to jealousy 23my [g]fellow countrymen and 24save some of them.
  15. For if their rejection is the 25reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but 26life from the dead?
  16. If the 27first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
  17. ¶ But if some of the 28branches were broken off, and 29you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the [h]rich root of the olive tree,
  18. do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that 30it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.
  19. 31You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
  20. Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you 32stand by your faith. 33Do not be conceited, but fear;
  21. for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
  22. Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s 34kindness, 35if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also 36will be cut off.
  23. And they also, 37if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
  24. For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
  25. ¶ For 38I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this 39mystery—so that you will not be 40wise in your own estimation—that a partial 41hardening has happened to Israel until the 42fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
  26. and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
    ¶ “43THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION,
    HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”
  27. “44THIS IS [i]MY COVENANT WITH THEM,
    45WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”
  28. [j]From the standpoint of the gospel they are 46enemies for your sake, but [k]from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for 47the sake of the fathers;
  29. for the gifts and the 48calling of God 49are irrevocable.
  30. For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
  31. so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.
  32. For 50God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all.
  33. ¶ Oh, the depth of 51the riches [l]both of the 52wisdom and knowledge of God! 53How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
  34. For 54WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR?
  35. Or 55WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM [m]THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN?
  36. For 56from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. 57To Him be the glory [n]forever. Amen.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit of the seed of Abraham
  2. ^ Lit says
  3. ^ Lit choice of grace
  4. ^ Lit out of
  5. ^ Lit the election
  6. ^ Or fullness
  7. ^ Lit flesh
  8. ^ Lit root of the fatness
  9. ^ Lit the covenant from Me
  10. ^ Lit According to the gospel
  11. ^ Lit according to the election
  12. ^ Or and the wisdom
  13. ^ Lit and it will be paid back
  14. ^ Lit to the ages

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 12:22; Je 31:37; 33:24-26
  2. ^ Lu 20:16
  3. ^ 2Co 11:22; Pp 3:5
  4. ^ Ps 94:14
  5. ^ Ro 8:29
  6. ^ Ro 6:16
  7. ^ 1Ki 19:10, 14
  8. ^ 1Ki 19:18
  9. ^ 2Ki 19:4; Ro 9:27
  10. ^ Ro 4:4
  11. ^ Ro 9:31
  12. ^ Mr 6:52; Ro 9:18; 11:25; 2Co 3:14
  13. ^ De 29:4; Is 29:10; Mt 13:13f
  14. ^ Ps 69:22
  15. ^ Ps 69:23
  16. ^ Ro 11:1
  17. ^ Lu 20:16
  18. ^ Ac 28:28
  19. ^ Ro 11:14
  20. ^ Ro 11:25
  21. ^ Ac 9:15
  22. ^ Ro 11:11
  23. ^ Ge 29:14; 2Sa 19:12f; Ro 9:3
  24. ^ 1Co 1:21; 7:16; 9:22; 1Ti 1:15; 2:4; 2Ti 1:9; Ti 3:5
  25. ^ Ro 5:11
  26. ^ Lu 15:24, 32
  27. ^ Nu 15:18ff; Ne 10:37; Eze 44:30
  28. ^ Je 11:16; Jn 15:2
  29. ^ Eph 2:11ff
  30. ^ Jn 4:22
  31. ^ Ro 9:19
  32. ^ Ro 5:2; 1Co 10:12; 2Co 1:24
  33. ^ Ro 12:16; 1Ti 6:17; 1Pe 1:17
  34. ^ Ro 2:4
  35. ^ 1Co 15:2; Heb 3:6, 14
  36. ^ Jn 15:2
  37. ^ 2Co 3:16
  38. ^ Ro 1:13
  39. ^ Mt 13:11; Ro 16:25; 1Co 2:7-10; Eph 3:3-5, 9
  40. ^ Ro 12:16
  41. ^ Ro 11:7
  42. ^ Lu 21:24; Jn 10:16; Ro 11:12
  43. ^ Is 59:20
  44. ^ Is 59:21; Je 31:33, 34; Heb 8:10
  45. ^ Is 27:9; Heb 8:12
  46. ^ Ro 5:10
  47. ^ De 7:8; 10:15; Ro 9:5
  48. ^ Ro 8:28; 1Co 1:26; Eph 1:18; 4:1, 4; Pp 3:14; 2Th 1:11; 2Ti 1:9; Heb 3:1; 2Pe 1:10
  49. ^ Heb 7:21
  50. ^ Ro 3:9; Ga 3:22f
  51. ^ Ro 2:4; Eph 3:8
  52. ^ Eph 3:10; Col 2:3
  53. ^ Jb 5:9; 11:7; 15:8
  54. ^ Is 40:13f; 1Co 2:16
  55. ^ Jb 35:7; 41:11
  56. ^ 1Co 8:6; 11:12; Col 1:16; Heb 2:10
  57. ^ Ro 16:27; Eph 3:21; Pp 4:20; 1Ti 1:17; 2Ti 4:18; 1Pe 4:11; 5:11; 2Pe 3:18; Jd 25; Re 1:6; 5:13; 7:12

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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