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God’s Free Choice. But it is not that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel are Israel,(A)

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Chapter 11

The Remnant of Israel.[a] I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not!(A) For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1–10 Although Israel has been unfaithful to the prophetic message of the gospel (Rom 10:14–21), God remains faithful to Israel. Proof of the divine fidelity lies in the existence of Jewish Christians like Paul himself. The unbelieving Jews, says Paul, have been blinded by the Christian teaching concerning the Messiah.

29 For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.(A)

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30 I will establish his dynasty forever,
    his throne as the days of the heavens.
31 If his descendants forsake my teaching,(A)
    do not follow my decrees,
32 If they fail to observe my statutes,
    do not keep my commandments,
33 I will punish their crime with a rod
    and their guilt with blows.
34 But I will not take my mercy from him,
    nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.(B)
35 I will not violate my covenant;
    the promise of my lips I will not alter.(C)
36 By my holiness I swore once for all:(D)
    I will never be false to David.
37 [a]His dynasty will continue forever,(E)
    his throne, like the sun before me.

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Footnotes

  1. 89:37–38 Like the sun before me…like the sky: as enduring as the heavenly lights, cf. Ps 89:2–5 and Ps 72:5, 17.

13 If we are unfaithful
    he remains faithful,
    for he cannot deny himself.(A)

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