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As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

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“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ There they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

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Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

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for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.”

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As Isaiah has said before, “Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.”

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What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn’t arrive at the law of righteousness.

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Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

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even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

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Brothers, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.

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For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

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For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

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For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

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For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, “The one who does them will live by them.”

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But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);

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or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”

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But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

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that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

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

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For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

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And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”

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But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

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So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

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But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, with a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.”

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Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”

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But as to Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

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I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

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“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”

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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 Baal.”

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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

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What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

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According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”

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David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always.”

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I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

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Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

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

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if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

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

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If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

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But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;

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don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

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You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”

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True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

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

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See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

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

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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?

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For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

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and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins.”

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

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For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

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

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even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.

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

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Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

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

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“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”

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

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Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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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.

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

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so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

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Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

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or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

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or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

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Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

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In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

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contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

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Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

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Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

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Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

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

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If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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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.”

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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.”

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Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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

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Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

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For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

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for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

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Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

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For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

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Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

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Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not give false testimony,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

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The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

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Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.