Romans 11:30

Romans 11:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
• New International Version (NIV)Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

Context of Romans 11:30

28As regards the glad tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers. 29For the gifts and the calling of God [are] not subject to repentance. For as indeed ye [also] once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these; 31so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that they also may be objects of mercy. 32For God hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all.

Romans 11:30 word by word

ὥσπερ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ποτε ἠπειθήσατε τῷ θεῷ νῦν δὲ ἠλεήθητε τῇ τούτων ἀπειθείᾳ,Read the interlinear

• indeedγάρgar · forG1063
• alsoδέde · thenG1161
• onceποτέpote · once/whenG4218
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• mercyἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653

Cross-references for Romans 11:30

• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
• Ephesians 2:1and you, being dead in your offences and sins —
• Colossians 3:7In which ye also once walked when ye lived in these things.
• Romans 11:31so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that they also may be objects of mercy.
• 1 Corinthians 7:25But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having received mercy of [the] Lord to be faithful.
• 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
• 1 Timothy 1:18This charge, [my] child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,
• 1 Peter 2:10who once [were] not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.
• Romans 11:11I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.

Commentaries on Romans 11:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30For as ye in times past - The apostle pursues his argument in favor of the restoration of the Jews. As ye, Gentiles, in times past - for many ages back. Have not believed - Were in a state of alienation from God, yet not so as to be totally and for ever excluded, Have now obtained mercy - For ye are now taken into the kingdom of the Messiah; through their unbelief - by that method which, in destroying the Jewish peculiarity, and fulfilling the Abrahamic…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30For as ye - You who were Gentiles. In times past - Before the gospel was preached. This refers to the former idolatrous and sinful state of the pagan world; compare Ephesians 2:2; Acts 14:16. Have not believed God - Or have not obeyed God. This was the character of all the pagan nations. Yet have now obtained mercy - Have been pardoned and admitted to the favor of God. Through their unbelief - By means of the unbelief and rejection of the Jews; see 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

Topics related to Romans 11:30

• Salvation
• Unbelief

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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