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But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Ba`al."

What then? That which Yisra'el seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

For I speak to you who are Goyim. Since then as I am an apostle to Goyim, I glorify my ministry;

For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

They also, if they don't continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

For I don't desire, brothers, to have you ignorant of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part has happened to Yisra'el, until the fullness of the Goyim has come in,

Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amein.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who be are ordained by God.