^11 (A)He came to His ^[a]own, and His ^[b]own did not receive Him. ¹² But ^(B)as many as received Him, to them He gave the ^[c]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: ^13 (C)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Israel’s Rejection Not Total

11 I say then, ^(A)has God cast away His people? ^(B)Certainly not! For ^(C)I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

¹¹ I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But ^(A)through their ^[a]fall, to provoke them to ^(B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.

¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

¹⁷ “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found ^(A)sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!

²¹ Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

¹⁴ But God forbid that I should boast except in the ^(A)cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by ^[a]whom the world has been crucified to me, and ^(B)I to the world.