o Baal." (5)So then at
this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of
grace. (6)But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is
no more work.

(7)What then is the result? Israel hath not obtained that which it
seeketh; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded,
(8)as it is written[76], "God hath given them the spirit of slumber,
eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto
this present day." (9)And David saith[77], "Let their table be for a
snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompence
unto them: (10)let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, and
bow down their back continually."

(11)I say then, Have they stumbled so as to fall? God forbid: but by
their stumbling salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to
jealousy. (12)For if their stumbling is the riches of the world, and
their diminution the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their
fulness? (13)For I address myself to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am
indeed the apostle of the Gentiles, I exalt my ministry: (14)if by any
means I might provoke to jealousy my flesh, and save some of them.
(15)For if the rejection of them is the reconciliation of the world,
what shall their recovery be, but life from the dead? (16)Now if the
first fruits be holy, so is the mass: and if the root be holy, so are
the branches. (17)But if some of the branches have been broken off, and
thou though a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and become a
partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (18)boast not
against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but
the root thee.

(19)Wilt thou say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be
grafted in? (20)Admitted; by unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not high minded, but fear: (21)for if God spared
not the native branches, tremble lest he spare not thee.

(22)Behold therefore the kindness and severity of God: to those indeed
who fell, severity; but unto thee, kindness, if thou continuest in that
kindness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. (23)But they also, if
they continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to
graft them in again. (24)For if thou hast been cut out of the naturally
wild olive, and contrary to nature hast been grafted into the good
olive: how