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Romans 11:15

Israel and the nationsThe resurrection

13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

14 in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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

16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 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,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
KJV
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?
WEB
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
ASV
For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
DARBY
For if their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?
BLB
For if their rejection [is] the reconciliation of the world, what [will be] the acceptance if not life out from the dead?
ÅB
For om deres forkastelse betyr at verden er blitt forlikt med Gud, hva betyr deres gjenopptakelse? Liv fra de døde!
OTB
For hvis deres forkastelse førte til forsoning for verden, hva vil deres aksept være annet enn liv fra de døde?
B1930
For er verden blitt forlikt med Gud ved deres forkastelse, hvad annet vil da deres antagelse bli enn liv av døde?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ephesians 1:10

    as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

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  • Romans 5:10–11

    For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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  • Luke 15:24

    For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

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  • Romans 11:11–12

    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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:18–20

    All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

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  • Colossians 1:20–21

    and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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  • Luke 15:32

    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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  • Revelation 11:11

    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

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