The Remnant of Israel

1 I ask, then, has God ^arejected his people? By no means! For ^bI myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,¹ a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he ^cforeknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an ^qapostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus ^rsave some of them. 15 For if their rejection means the ^sreconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are ^dbeloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the ^egifts and the ^fcalling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now¹ receive mercy. 32 For God has consigned ^gall to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.