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11  I ask, then;When the Jews stum-bled, did they fall to their

    ruin? By no means! Because theysinned, salvation has come to

    the Gentiles,to make the Jews jealous of them.

12. The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world,and  

    their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the

    Gentiles. Then,how much greater the blesslngs will be when

    the complete  number of jews is included!

       The Salvation of the Gentiles

13.  I am speaking new to you Gen-tiles; As long as I am an

     apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.

14.  Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and

     so be able to save some of them.

15.   For when they were rejected, man- kind was changed from

     God’s enemies intohis friends. What will it be, then, when

     they are accepted? It will be life for the dead?

16.   If the first piece of bread is given to God, then the

      whole loaf is his also; and if the roots of a tree are

      offered to God, the branches are his also.

17.   Some of the branches of the  culti- vated olive tree have

      been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has

      been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive

      tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the

      Jews.

18.   So then, you must not despise who were broken off like

      branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you

      don’t support the roots- the roots support you.

19.   But you will say,"Yes, but the branches were broken off to

      make room for me.

20.   That is true. They were broken off because  they did not

      believe, while you remain in place because you do beileve.

      But do not be proud of it; instead, be afraid.

21.   God  did not spare the Jews,who are like netural branches;

      do you think he will spare you?

22.   Here we see how kind and how se-vere God is. He is severe

      toward those who have fallen, but kind  to you- if you

      continue in his kindness. But if you do net, you too will

      be broken off.

23.   And if the Jews abandon their unbe- lief, they will be put

      back in the  place where they were; for God is able to do

      that.

24.   You gentilesare like the branch of a wild olive tree that

      is broken off and then, contrary to nature, is joined to a

      cultivated olive tree. The Jews are like this cultivated

      tree; and it will be much easier for God to  join these

      broken- off branches to their own tree again.