Chapter 10 – Chapter 13

Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10

1 Brethren, the kind desire of my heart, and prayer to God for Israel, is for their salvation.

2 For I bear to them a testimony, that they have a zeal for God; but not according to knowledge,

3 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God;

4 For the end of the law is Christ for righteousness to every one who believes.

5 For Moses describes the righteousness which is by the law, “The man who shall do these things shall live by them:”

6 But the righteousness, which is by faith, saith thus, “Say not in thine heart, ‘Who shall ascend into heaven?’ this is to bring, down Christ;

7 Or, ‘Who shall descend into the deep?’ that is to bring up Christ again from the dead:” but what does it say?

8 “Nigh thee is the word, in thy mouth and in thy heart:” this is the word of’ faith which we preach, —

9 That if thou wilt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved;

10 For with the heart we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation; for the Scripture says,

11 “Every one who believes in him shall not be ashamed:”

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same is the Lord of all, being rich to all who call on him;

13 For, “whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach except they be sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim peace, who proclaim good things!”

16 But all have not obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Who has believed our report?”

17 Faith then is by hearing, and hearing through the word of God.

18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily, “Into all the earth has gone forth their sound, and into the ends of the world their words.”

19 But I say, Has not Israel known? First, Moses says, “I will provoke them to jealousy by them who are not a people, and by a foolish nation will I irritate them:”

20 Then Isaiah is bold and says, “I have been found by those who sought me not, I have been made manifest to those, who inquired not for me;

21 But of Israel he says, “Daily have I stretched forth my hands to a people disobedient and gain saying.”

Chapter 11

CHAPTER 11

1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? By no means; for I also am an Israelite, from the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God has not cast away his people whom he has foreknown. Know ye not what the Scripture saith as to Elias? how he appeals to God against Israel, saying,

3 “Lord, thy prophets have they killed, and thy altars have they pulled down, and I am left alone, and they seek my life?”

4 But what says the answer of God to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.”

5 So now, even at this time, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if through grace, then no longer by works, otherwise grace is no longer grace; but if by works, then no longer by grace, otherwise work is no longer work.

7 What then? That which Israel seeks, he has not obtained; but election has obtained it, and the rest have been blinded,

8 As it is written, “God has given them the spirit of compunction, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear,” even to this day;

9 And David says, “Be their table for a snare and for a trap, and for a stumbling, and for a recompense to them;

10 Darkened be their eyes so as not to see, and their back ever bow thou down.”

11 I say then, Have they stumbled so as wholly to fall? By no means; but by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles in order to provoke them to jealousy.

12 But if their fall be the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fulness?

13 Even to you Gentiles do I speak, — As far, doubtless, as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make illustrious my office,

14 If by any means I shall provoke to emulation my flesh, and shall save some of them.

15 If indeed their rejection be the reconciliation of the world, what will be their resumption but life from the dead?

16 Now if the first-fruits be holy, even so the lump; and if the root be holy, so also the branches.

17 If indeed some of the branches have been broken off, and thou, a wild olive, hast been ingrafted instead of them, and hast become a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive,

18 Glory not against the branches; but if thou gloriest, it is not thou who bearest the root, but the root thee.

19 Thou wilt then say, “Broken off have been the branches, that I might be ingrafted.”

20 Be it so: for unbelief have they been broken off, and thou by faith standest; be not high-minded, but fear:

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, beware lest he should not spare thee.

22 See then the kindness and the severity of God; towards those indeed who have fallen, severity; but towards thee kindness, if thou continuest in his kindness; otherwise thou also shalt be cut off:

23 And they, if they remain not in unbelief, shall be ingrafted; for God is able to ingraft them again.

24 For if thou hast been cut off from the wild olive, which is so by nature, and hast contrary to nature been ingrafted in the true olive, much more shall they, according to nature, be ingrafted in their own olive.

25 I would not indeed, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be proud among yourselves, that blindness has in part happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in:

26 And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, “Come from Sion shall the Deliverer, and shall turn away impieties from Jacob;

27 And this shall be my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.”

28 As to the gospel they are indeed enemies on your account; but as to election they are beloved on account of the fathers;

29 For without repentance are the gifts and the calling of God.

30 As indeed ye also formerly believed not God, but have now obtained mercy through their unbelief;

31 So also they have not now believed, because ye have obtained mercy, that they may also obtain mercy:

32 For God has shut up all under unbelief, that he might show mercy to all.

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! how incomprehensible are his judgments and unsearchable his ways!

34 Who indeed has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been to him a counselor?

35 Or, who has first given to him, and it shall be rendered to him again?

36 For from him and through him and for him are all things: to him be glory for ever. Amen.

Chapter 12

CHAPTER 12

1 I beseech you then, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, as your rational service.

2 And conform not yourselves to this world, but be ye transformed by the renovation of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

3 I indeed say, through the grace which has been given to me, to every one of you, that he be not above measure wise, beyond what he ought to be wise; but that he be wise unto sobriety, as God has to each distributed the measure of faith.

4 For as in one body we have many members, but all the members have not the same office;

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and severally members of one another.

6 Now having gifts differing according to the grace given to us, whether prophecy, let us use it according to the analogy of faith;

7 Or ministry, in ministering; or the teacher, in teaching;

8 Or the exhorter, in exhortation; or the giver, in simplicity; or the president, with care; or he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

9 Let love be undissembled: turn away from evil, cleave to what is good.

10 Be ready with brotherly love to love one another, anticipating each other with honor.

11 In business be not slothful, in spirit fervent, serving the time;

12 Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, persevering in prayer,

13 Distributing to the necessities of the saints, following hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and pray for no evil.

15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep,

16 Having the same feeling towards one another, not thinking arrogantly of yourselves, but accommodating yourselves to humble things: be not wise in your own esteem.

17 To no man render evil for evil, providing honest things before all men.

18 If it be possible, as far as you can, cultivate peace with all men.

19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved; but give place to wrath; for it is written, “Mine is vengeance, and I will repay, saith the Lord.”

20 If then thine enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink: for by so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

21 Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Chapter 13

CHAPTER 13

1 Let every soul be subject to the supreme powers; for there is no power but from God; and the powers that be have been ordained by God.

2 He therefore who resists the power, resists the ordination of God; and they who resist, shall for themselves receive judgment.

3 For princes are not for terror to good but to evil works: wouldest thou then not fear the power? Do good, and from it thou shalt have praise;

4 For he is God’s minister to thee for good: but if thou doest any evil, fear; for not in vain does he bear the sword, since he is God’s minister, an avenger for wrath against those who do evil.

5 It is therefore necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

6 For this reason also pay tributes, since they are God’s ministers, constantly attending to this very thing.

7 Render then to all what is due; to whom tribute is due, tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honor, honor.

8 To no one owe ye anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another, has fulfilled the law;

9 For this, “Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other precept, it is comprehended in this saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

10 Love works no evil to a neighbor; the fulfilling then of the law is love.

11 Moreover, as ye know the time, that the hour is, when we ought to have awakened already from sleep, (for nearer is now our salvation than when we believed,)

12 The night is far advanced, and the day has approached; let us then cast away the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light:

13 Let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in chamberings and lasciviousness, not in contention and envy;

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and have no care for the flesh for the sake of its lusts.