Romans 11:25-32

25My Christian friends, I want to help you to understand about Israel's people. It is a secret that God has shown to us. If you really understand it, you will not be proud that you are so clever. Many of Israel's people have refused to believe in Christ. They will continue to refuse him until the complete number of Gentiles have believed.

26When that has happened, God will save all Israel's people. This is written in the Bible: ‘The one who rescues will come from Zion. He will turn Jacob's people away from their sins.

27And I will make this agreement with them. I will forgive them for their sins.’

28Israel's people have become God's enemies, because they have refused to believe the good news about Christ. This has happened to help you Gentiles. But God still loves Israel's people, because he has chosen them as his own people. That is what he promised to their ancestors.

29God's thoughts about his people cannot change. He has blessed them with gifts and he has chosen them to belong to him.

30In past times, you Gentiles did not obey God. But now God has been very kind to you, because Israel's people refused to obey him.

31They do not obey God now. As a result God has been very kind to you. That has happened so that God may now be very kind to them too.

32God says that everyone is guilty because they do not obey him. He says that so that he can be kind and he can forgive everyone.