05월 16일

(Rom 11:1-24) [1] I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
[2] God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in [the passage about] Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
[3] "Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED THY PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN THINE ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."
[4] But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL. "
[5] In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to [God's] gracious choice.
[6] But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
[7] What then? That which Israel is seeking for, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
[8] just as it is written, "GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY."
[9] And David says, "LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.
[10] "LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER."
[11] I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
[12] Now if their transgression be riches for the world and their failure be riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!
[13] But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
[14] if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.
[15] For if their rejection be the reconciliation of the world, what will [their] acceptance be but life from the dead?
[16] And if the first piece [of dough] be holy, the lump is also; and if the root be holy, the branches are too.
[17] 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 rich root of the olive tree,
[18] do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, [ remember that] it is not you who supports the root, but the root [supports] you.
[19] You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
[20] Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;
[21] for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.
[22] Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
[23] And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
[24] For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more shall these who are the natural [branches] be grafted into their own olive tree?』