Mace(i)
19 you will say then, "the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."
20 well, be it so, for their incredulity they were broken off, and you by faith stand firm: be not then elated, but let this be your fear,
21 lest God should not spare you, since he did not spare even the natural branches.
22 consider then the divine benignity, and his severity: his severity to those who fell, and his benignity to you, provided you adhere thereto; otherwise you likewise will be lopt off.
23 nay, even the Jews, if they don't continue still incredulous, shall be grafted in: since divine power can graft them in again.
24 for if you were taken from the wild olive, which was natural to you, to be grafted into a good olive-stock of a different nature, with how much greater reason shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?
25 I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this secret, (for fear you should presume too much on your selves) that blindness has fallen upon a part of Israel, until the time when the Gentiles shall be fully come in.
26 and then all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, "there shall come out of Sion the deliverer, and shall turn away Jacob from his impiety.
27 for this is my covenant with them, that I shall take away their sins."