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otherwise grace is no more grace. But if
it be
of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is
no more work.
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What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained
it, and the rest were blinded
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(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
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And David saith,
Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
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Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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I say then,
Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather
through their fall salvation
is come
unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
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Now if the fall of them
be
the riches of the
world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine
office:
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation
them which are
my flesh, and might save
some of them.
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For if the casting away of them
be
the reconciling of the world, what
shall
the
receiving
of them be,
but life from the dead?
16
For if the firstfruit
be
holy, the lump
is
also
holy:
and if the root
be
holy, so
are
the branches.
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And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou,
being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness
of the olive tree;
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Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but
the root thee.
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Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
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Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded,
but fear:
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For if God spared not the natural branches,
take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
22
Behold
therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness,
if thou continue in
his
goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
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And they also, if they abide
not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
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For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good
olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches,
be graffed into their own
olive tree?
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For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise
in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles
be come in.
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And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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For this
is
my covenant unto them, when
I shall take away their sins.
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As concerning the gospel,
they are
enemies for your sakes: but as
touching the election,
they are
beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
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For the gifts and calling of God
are
without repentance.
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For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief:
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Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy
they also may obtain mercy.
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have
mercy upon all.
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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable
are
his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who
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