Brothers, the good pleasure of my heart and my petition to God for them is for their salvation.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to full knowledge;

For because they were ignorant of God's righteousness and sought to  ¹establish their own righteousness, they were not subject to the righteousness of God.

For Christ is the  ¹end of the law unto righteousness to everyone who believes.

For Moses writes concerning the righteousness which is out of the law: “The man who does them shall live by them.”

But the righteousness which is out of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven?” that is, to  ¹bring Christ down;

Or, “Who will descend into the  ¹abyss?” that is, to  ²bring Christ up from the dead.

But what does it say?  ¹“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of the faith which we proclaim,

That if you confess with your  ¹mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has  ²raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

For  ¹with the heart there is believing  ²unto righteousness, and  ¹with the mouth there is confession  ²unto salvation.

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes on Him shall not be put to shame.”

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all and  ¹rich to all who call upon Him;

For “whoever  ¹calls upon the name of the Lord shall be  ²saved.”

How then shall they call upon Him into whom they have not  ¹believed? And how shall they believe into Him of whom they have not  ²heard? And how shall they hear without one who proclaims Him?

And how shall they proclaim Him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the news of good things!”

But not all have  ¹obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”

So faith comes out of hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

But I say, Have they not heard? Yes surely: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth and their words to the ends of the inhabited earth.”

But I say, Did Israel not know this? First, Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by them who are not a nation; by a nation without understanding I will anger you.”

And Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

But with regard to Israel he says, “All the day long I have stretched out My hands to a people who disobey and contradict.”

I say then, Has God  ¹cast away His people? Absolutely not! For I also am an Israelite, out of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage concerning Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

“Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my  ¹life.”

But what does the divine answer say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to  ¹Baal.”

In the same way then at the present time also there has come into being a remnant according to the selection of grace.

But if by grace, it is no longer out of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

What then? That which Israel is seeking after, this it has not obtained, but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened;

As it is written, “God gave them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes to see not and ears to hear not, until this very day.”

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a retribution to them;

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see; and bend their back continually.”

I say then, Have they  ¹stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! But by their misstep salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

But if their misstep has become riches for the world, and their loss, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness be!

But I am speaking to you, the Gentiles. Inasmuch therefore as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

If perhaps I may provoke those of my flesh to jealousy and save some of them.

For if their being cast aside is the reconciliation of the world, what will their being received back be, if not life from the dead?

Now if the dough offered as the  ¹firstfruits is holy, the lump is also; and if the  ¹root is holy, the branches are also.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were  ¹grafted in among them and became a fellow partaker of the root of fatness of the  ²olive tree,

Do not boast against the branches; but if you boast, remember that it is not you who bear the root, but the root you.

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

Rightly said: they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear;

For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.

Behold then the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, the kindness of God, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able  ¹to graft them in again.

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted contrary to nature into the cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree!

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest you be wise in yourselves), that hardness has come upon Israel in part, until the fullness of the  ¹Gentiles comes in;

And thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come out of Zion; He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

And this is the covenant from Me with them, when I take away their sins.”

According to the gospel they are enemies  ¹for your sake, but according to the selection they are beloved  ¹for the fathers' sake.

For the gracious gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For just as you once disobeyed God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

So these also now have disobeyed, so that because of the mercy shown to you they also now may be shown mercy.

For God has shut up all in disobedience that He might  ¹show mercy to all.

 ¹O the depth of the riches and  ²wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and untraceable His ways!

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has become His counselor?

Or who has first given to Him, and it will be repaid to him?

Because out from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

 ¹I  ²exhort you therefore, brothers, through the  ³compassions of God to  ⁴present your bodies a  ⁵living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your  ⁶reasonable  ⁷service.

And do  ¹not be fashioned according to  ²this age, but be  ³transformed by the  ⁴renewing of the mind that you may  ⁵prove what the  ⁶will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to  ¹think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to be sober-minded, as God has apportioned to each a measure of faith.

For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same  ¹function,

So we who are many are one Body  ¹in Christ, and individually  ²members one of another.

And having  ¹gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, whether  ²prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Or  ¹service, let us be faithful in that service; or he who teaches, in that teaching;

Or he who exhorts, in that exhortation; he who  ¹gives, in simplicity; he who  ²leads, in diligence; he who  ³shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

 ¹Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Love one another warmly in brotherly love; take the lead in showing honor one to another.

Do not be slothful in zeal, but be  ¹burning in spirit,  ²serving the Lord.

Rejoice in hope; endure in tribulation; persevere in prayer.

 ¹Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality.

 ¹Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

 ¹Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Be of the same mind toward one another, not setting your mind on the high things but going along with the  ¹lowly; do not be wise in yourselves.

Repay no one evil for evil;  ¹take forethought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

If possible, as far as it depends on you, live in peace with all men.

Do not  ¹avenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

But “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.”

Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.