much more shall these, which are native branches, be grafted
into their own olive tree? (25)For I would not that you should be
ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be come in. (26)And so all Israel shall be saved: as it
is written, "The Deliverer shall go forth out of Sion, and shalt turn
away ungodliness from Jacob; (27)and this is my covenant with them,
When I shall take away their sins[78]." (28)As concerning the gospel
indeed, they are now enemies for your sakes: as concerning the
election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. (29)For unchangeable
are the gifts and the calling of God. (30)For as ye also in times past
did not believe in God, but now have obtained mercy through their
unbelief: (31)so also these now have not believed in your mercy, that
they also might obtain mercy. (32)For God hath shut up all in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon all. (33)O the depth of the riches both
of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and how incomprehensible his ways! (34)For who hath known the mind of
the Lord, or who hath been admitted his counsellor? (35)Or who hath
first given unto him, and it shall be repaid him again? (36)Because by
him, and through him, and for him, are all things, to whom be glory for
ever and ever. Amen.
CHAP. XII.
I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
reasonable service. (2)And be not conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by
experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and
perfect. (3)For, I say, by the grace which is given unto me, to every
one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to
think; but to think soberly, as God has divided to every one the
measure of faith. (4)For as we have in one body many members, but the
members, though many, have not the same function, (5)so we, being many,
are one body in Christ, and every one reciprocally members of each
other. (6)Having then different gifts according to the grace which is
given unto us, if it be prophecy, speak according to the analogy of
faith; (7)or if the deacon's office, be active in the service; or he
that teacheth, in teaching; (8)or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; he
that distr
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