Christian Standard Bible
Romans 11:31
31so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also may now receive mercy.
Romans 11:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
- New International Version (NIV)so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.
Context of Romans 11:31
29since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable. 30As you once disobeyed God but now have received mercy through their disobedience, so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also may now receive mercy. 32For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may have mercy on all. 33Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
Read all of Romans 11Romans 11:31 word by word
οὕτως καὶ οὗτοι νῦν ἠπείθησαν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ νῦν ἐλεηθῶσιν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Even soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
- haveἀπειθέωapeitheō · to disobeyG544
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- through yourὑμέτεροςhumeteros · yourG5212
- mercyἔλεοςeleos · mercyG1656
- theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- may obtain mercyἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653
Cross-references for Romans 11:31
Commentaries on Romans 11:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Even so have these also - In like manner the Jews are, through their infidelity, shut out of the kingdom of God: - That through your mercy - But this exclusion will not be everlasting; but this will serve to open a new scene when, through farther displays of mercy to you Gentiles, they also may obtain mercy - shall be received into the kingdom of God again; and this shall take place whenever they shall consent to acknowledge the Lord Jesus, and see it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Even so have these - That is, the Jews. That through your mercy - The immediate effect of the unbelief of the Jews was to confer salvation on the Gentiles, or to open the way for the preaching of the gospel to them. But its remote effect would be to secure the preaching of the gospel again to the Jews. Through the mercy, that is, the compassion or deep feeling of the converted Gentiles; through the deep and tender pity which they would feel for the…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. 1-32n this section, Paul addresses a serious question. Many Jews did not believe in Jesus. If God had promised salvation to Israel, how could Jesus truly fulfill God’s plan when so few Jews believed (9:1–5)? In response, Paul uses the Old Testament to show that God always planned to save only a remnant, that is, a smaller group within Israel (9:6–29). Paul also explains that many Jews did not accept Christ because they refused to trust in him (9:30–10:21)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3130-31. For as ye in times past have not believed--or, "obeyed" God--that is, yielded not to God "the obedience of faith," while strangers to Christ. yet now have obtained mercy through--by occasion of their unbelief--(See on Ro 11:11; Ro 11:15; Ro 11:28).Read the comment
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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
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