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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Remnant of Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don&#8217;t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah&#8212;how he appealed to God against Israel: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="1KI.19.10">1 Kings 19:10</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="1KI.19.14">14</span></span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And what was God&#8217;s answer to him? &#8220;I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="1KI.19.18">1 Kings 19:18</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.11.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">&#8220;God gave them a spirit of stupor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">eyes that could not see</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">and ears that could not hear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"><span class="content">to this very day.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DEU.29.4">Deut. 29:4</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="ISA.29.10">Isaiah 29:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.11.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And David says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">&#8220;May their table become a snare and a trap,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"><span class="content">a stumbling block and a retribution for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.11.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"><span class="content">and their backs be bent forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.69.22">Psalm 69:22</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.69.23">23</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ingrafted Branches</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.11.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.11.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.11.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will say then, &#8220;Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.11.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">All Israel Will Be Saved</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.11.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and in this way</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and so</span></span></span><span class="content"> all Israel will be saved. As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="content">&#8220;The deliverer will come from Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"><span class="content">he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And this is</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will be</span></span></span><span class="content"> my covenant with them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"><span class="content">when I take away their sins.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:27 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.59.20">Isaiah 59:20</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="ISA.59.21">21</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="ISA.27.9">27:9</span> (see Septuagint); <span class="ref" usfm="JER.31.33">Jer. 31:33</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="JER.31.34">34</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.11.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">for God&#8217;s gifts and his call are irrevocable. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:31 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">now.</span></span></span><span class="content"> receive mercy as a result of God&#8217;s mercy to you. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Doxology</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.11.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">riches and the wisdom and the</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="content">How unsearchable his judgments,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"><span class="content">and his paths beyond tracing out!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.11.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has known the mind of the Lord?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"><span class="content">Or who has been his counselor?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.40.13">Isaiah 40:13</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.11.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has ever given to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"><span class="content">that God should repay them?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">11:35 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="JOB.41.11">Job 41:11</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.11.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.11.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">For from him and through him and for him are all things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.11.36"><span class="content">To him be the glory forever! Amen.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">66</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 66</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A song. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to God, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing the glory of his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">make his praise glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to God, &#8220;How awesome are your deeds!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">So great is your power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">that your enemies cringe before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All the earth bows down to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing praise to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">66:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come and see what God has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">his awesome deeds for mankind!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He turned the sea into dry land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">they passed through the waters on foot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">come, let us rejoice in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He rules forever by his power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">his eyes watch the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">let not the rebellious rise up against him.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Praise our God, all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">let the sound of his praise be heard;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he has preserved our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">and kept our feet from slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you, God, tested us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">you refined us like silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You brought us into prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">and laid burdens on our backs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You let people ride over our heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">we went through fire and water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">but you brought us to a place of abundance.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will come to your temple with burnt offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">and fulfill my vows to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">when I was in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice fat animals to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">and an offering of rams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">I will offer bulls and goats.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Come and hear, all you who fear God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">let me tell you what he has done for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I cried out to him with my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">his praise was on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If I had cherished sin in my heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">the Lord would not have listened;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">but God has surely listened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">and has heard my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Praise be to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">who has not rejected my prayer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">or withheld his love from me!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, </span></span></div>
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