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I say then, God has not ^(a)rejected His people, has He? ^(b)May it never be! For ^(c)I too am an Israelite, ^[a]a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God ^(d)has not rejected His people whom He ^(e)foreknew. ^(f)Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

"Lord, ^(g) they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life ."

But what ^[b]is the divine response to him? "^(h)I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal ."

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time ⁽ⁱ⁾a remnant according to God's ^[c]gracious choice.

But ^(j)if it is by grace, it is no longer ^[d]on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

What then? What ^(k)Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but ^[e]those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were ^(l)hardened;

just as it is written, "^(m) God gave them a spirit of stupor , Eyes to see not and ears to hear not , Down to this very day ."

And David says, "⁽ⁿ⁾ Let their table become a snare and a trap , And a stumbling block and a retribution to them .

"^(o) Let their eyes be darkened to see not , And bend their backs forever ."

^(p)I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? ^(q)May it never be! But by their transgression ^(r)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to ^(s)make them jealous.

Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their ^[f](t)fulfillment be!

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^(u)I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

if somehow I might ^(v)move to jealousy ^(w)my ^[g]fellow countrymen and ^(x)save some of them.

For if their rejection is the ^(y)reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but ^(z)life from the dead?

If the ^(aa)first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

But if some of the ^(ab)branches were broken off, and ^(ac)you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the ^[h]rich root of the olive tree,

do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that ^(ad)it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.