Romans 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who adds his own greeting in .[1]
Chapter 11 concludes the section of the letter in which "St. Paul teaches us about the eternal providence of God"[2] with particular reference to the election of a chosen people, Israel (Romans 9:11),[3] who have become disobedient (Romans 11:31),[4] and in whose place a remnant have been chosen (Romans 11:5) [5] and grafted into place.
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 36 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
Paul uses the phrase "Certainly not!" or *God forbid" (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: μη γενοιτο|mē genoito|label=none) regularly in this letter. On this occasion, he puts himself forward as an example to evidence his argument, "to show that God has not rejected His people en masse. An Israelite of pure descent, he is, nevertheless a true believer".[8] Later in the chapter (Romans 11:13),[9] Paul also refers to himself as the "apostle of the gentiles" (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: εθνων αποστολος|ethnōn apostolos|label=none).
Romans 34 cites both and Jeremiah 23:18.[10]
. Alexander Kirkpatrick. The Book of Psalms: with Introduction and Notes . The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges . Book IV and V: Psalms XC–CL . Cambridge . At the University Press . 1901 . 839 . February 28, 2019.