What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,