Romans 11:25

Romans 11:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
• New International Version (NIV)I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Context of Romans 11:25

23And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 24For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

Romans 11:25 word by word

Οὐ γὰρ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο, ἵνα μὴ ἦτε παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς φρόνιμοι, ὅτι πώρωσις ἀπὸ μέρους τῷ Ἰσραὴλ γέγονεν ἄχρι οὗ τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰσέλθῃ,Read the interlinear

• ignorantἀγνοέωagnoeō · be ignorantG50
• mysteryμυστήριονmustērion · mysteryG3466
• lestμήmē · notG3361
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• wiseφρόνιμοςphronimos · thoughtfulG5429
• ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• partμέροςmeros · partG3313
• IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474
• Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• comeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Romans 11:25

• Psalms 107:43Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
• Hosea 14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
• 1 Corinthians 10:1For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
• 1 Corinthians 12:1Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
• 2 Peter 3:8But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Romans 16:25Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
• Ephesians 3:3how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
• Revelation 10:7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.
• Romans 12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not your mind on high things, but condescend to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits.
• Proverbs 3:5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
• Proverbs 26:12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Isaiah 5:21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
• Romans 11:7What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
• 2 Corinthians 3:14but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ.
• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Psalms 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

Commentaries on Romans 11:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25I would not - that ye should be ignorant of this mystery - Mystery, , signifies any thing that is hidden or covered, or not fully made manifest. The Greek word seems to have been borrowed from the Hebrew מסתר mistar, from the root סתר sathar, to hide, conceal, etc.; though some derive it from , to be initiated into sacred rites, from , to shut up. In the New Testament it signifies, generally, any thing or doctrine that has not, in former times, been fully…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Ignorant of this mystery - The word “mystery” means properly what is “concealed, hidden, or unknown.” And it especially refers, in the New Testament, to the truths or doctrines which God had reserved to himself, or had not before communicated. It does not mean, as with us often, that there was anything unintelligible or inscrutible in the nature of the doctrine itself, for it was commonly perfectly plain when it was made known. Thus, the doctrine, that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-32Verses 22-32 Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Gentiles to be the children of Abraham; and though others now possess these privileges, it will not hinder their being admitted again. By rejecting the gospel, and by their indignation at its being preached to the Gentiles, the Jews were become enemies to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Paul often uses the word mystery to describe an event at the end of history that God has already decided. This mystery exists in heaven and God reveals it to his people during the Christian era (see 16:25; 1 Corinthians 2:1, 7; 4:1; 15:51; Ephesians 1:9; 3:3, 4, 9; 6:19; Colossians 1:26, 27; 2:2; 4:3; 1 Timothy 3:9, 16). Here, the mystery is the relationship of Jews and Gentiles in the plan of salvation, which is central to this passage (Romans 11:11–32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. For I would not ... that ye should be ignorant of this mystery--The word "mystery," so often used by our apostle, does not mean (as with us) something incomprehensible, but "something before kept secret, either wholly or for the most part, and now only fully disclosed" (compare Ro 16:25; 1Co 2:7-10; Ep 1:9, 10; 3:3-6, 9, 10). lest ye should be wise in your own conceits--as if ye alone were in all time coming to be the family of God. that…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 11:25

• Blindness
• Conceit
• Humility
• Pride
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Cast
• Conclude
• Dark
• Depth
• Election
• Emulation
• Grace

Commentaries on Romans 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings