Romans 11:23

Romans 11:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
• New International Version (NIV)And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Context of Romans 11:23

21God broke off the proper branches and he did not let them stay in the tree. So, if you no longer trust him, he will not let you stay either. 22So you should think about what God is like. He is kind, but he also punishes people. He has punished Israel's people, because they turned away from him. He has been kind to you. But you must continue to accept his kind gift. If you do not do that, he will break you off from his tree as well. God is able to accept Israel's people back again. If they come to believe in Christ, God will put them back as part of the tree. He is able to make them become branches of the tree again. 24God cut you like branches from a wild olive tree. Then he put you into the farmer's olive tree so that you became part of it. He could do that even though that was not your own tree before. So God will be able to do that for Israel's people. He can easily put them back into their own tree, that they were part of before. 25My Christian friends, I want to help you to understand about Israel's people. It is a secret that God has shown to us. If you really understand it, you will not be proud that you are so clever. Many of Israel's people have refused to believe in Christ. They will continue to refuse him until the complete number of Gentiles have believed.

Romans 11:23 word by word

κἀκεῖνοι δέ, ἐὰν μὴ ἐπιμένωσιν τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, ἐγκεντρισθήσονται· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς πάλιν ἐγκεντρίσαι αὐτούς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• theyἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• they abideἐπιμένωepimenō · to remain/keep onG1961
• notμήmē · notG3361
• in unbeliefὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• in unbeliefἀπιστίαapistia · unbeliefG570
• shall be graffed inἐγκεντρίζωegkentrizō · to ingraftG1461
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ableδυνατόςdunatos · ableG1415
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825

Cross-references for Romans 11:23

• Zechariah 12:10I will cause the family of David and the people in Jerusalem to think seriously about me. Then they will know that I am kind to them. And they will want to pray to me. They will look at me whom they pierced (made holes in). They will weep about him as those that weep after the death of their only son. They will cry aloud as if their only son was dead.
• Matthew 23:39And I tell you this. You will not see me again until the day when you say, “May the Lord God bless the man who comes with his authority!” ’
• 2 Corinthians 3:16But when a person turns to trust the Lord, then God takes the cloth away.

Commentaries on Romans 11:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23If they abide not in unbelief - So, we find that their rejection took place in consequence of their wilful obstinacy: and, that they may return into the fold, the door of which still stands open. For God is able to graft them in again - Fallen as they are and degraded, God can, in the course of his providence and mercy, restore them to all their forfeited privileges; and this will take place if they abide not in unbelief: which intimates that God has…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And they also - The Jews. If they bide not … - If they do not continue in willful obstinacy and rejection of the Messiah. As their unbelief was the sole cause of their rejection, so if that be removed, they may be again restored to the divine favor. For God is able … - He has, (1)Power to restore them, to bring them back and replace them in his favor. (2)he has not bound himself utterly to reject them, and forever to exclude them. In this way the apostle…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. 17-24In Paul’s extended metaphor, God’s special olive tree represents the people of God. This image would have been familiar to his readers. The olive tree was the most common fruit tree in the Mediterranean region. It was also already used as a symbol for Israel in the Old Testament (Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:5–6). Paul describes non-Jewish (gentile) Christians as branches from a wild olive tree because they were not originally part of God's people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them that fell, severity--in rejecting the chosen seed. but toward thee, goodness--"God's goodness" is the true reading, that is, His sovereign goodness in admitting thee to a covenant standing who before wert a "stranger to the covenants of promise" (Ep 2:12-20). if thou continue in his goodness--in believing dependence on that pure goodness which made thee what thou art.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 11:23

• Faith
• Grafting
• Repentance
• Salvation

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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