Romans 11:28-31 From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; 29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the m...  Read More

Romans 11:26-27 …and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.” 27 “This is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.”Paul backs up his claim that “all Israel will be saved” in v. 26 by quoting from the Hebrew Scriptures which prophesy a “Deliverer” coming “from Zion.” Zion was the fortress of Jerusalem ...  Read More

Romans 11:26 And in this way all Israel will be saved… (ESV)The English Standard Version (ESV), reflecting an amillennial view of Israel, renders v. 26 as, “In this way all Israel will be saved.” Yet the Greek text says, “And thus, all Israel will be saved.” The amillennial view is that “all Israel” is a designation for all Christians, both Jewish and Gentile believers. This stems from the idea th...  Read More

Romans 11:25-26a For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; 26 and so all Israel will be saved…At the conclusion of the parable of the olive tree in 11:17-24, Paul brings the audience back to him by calling them “brethren,” as if...  Read More

Romans 11:22-24 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contr...  Read More

Romans 11:19-22 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; 21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. 22 Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if ...  Read More

Romans 11:16-18 If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the...  Read More

Romans 11:13-15 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?Clearly Paul is addressing Gentiles in v. 13, not Jews. And in the Roman C...  Read More

Romans 11:11-12 I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. 12 Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! In v. 11, “they” references the Israelites who are yet to receive Christ, who were ...  Read More

Romans 11:7-10 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; 8 just as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes to see not and ears to hear not, down to this very day.” 9 And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap, and a stumbling block and a retribution to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened...  Read More

Romans 11:5-6 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.So in the days of Elijah (circa 800 BC), although the prophet thought he was the only worshiper of God left in Israel, God had preserved 7,000 others—folks with whom Elijah ...  Read More

Romans 11:2b-4 Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” 4 But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Another proof Paul offers ...  Read More