Romans 11:32

Romans 11:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
• New International Version (NIV)For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

Context of Romans 11:32

30In past times, you Gentiles did not obey God. But now God has been very kind to you, because Israel's people refused to obey him. 31They do not obey God now. As a result God has been very kind to you. That has happened so that God may now be very kind to them too. God says that everyone is guilty because they do not obey him. He says that so that he can be kind and he can forgive everyone. 33Yes! God is very great! He has everything! He knows and he understands all things! Nobody can completely understand the things that he decides. Nobody can explain the ways in which he works. 34The Bible says this: ‘Nobody knows the thoughts of the Lord God. Nobody is able to tell him what he should do.’

Romans 11:32 word by word

συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς πάντας εἰς ἀπείθειαν ἵνα τοὺς πάντας ἐλεήσῃ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath concludedσυγκλείωsugkleiō · to confineG4788
• them allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• unbeliefἀπείθειαapeitheia · disobedienceG543
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• he might have mercy uponἐλεέωeleeō · to have mercyG1653

Cross-references for Romans 11:32

• Romans 3:9So then, what do we learn from that? We cannot say that we Jews are better than other people. No, certainly we cannot say that! I have said already that sin has power over everyone. That is true for both Jews and Gentiles.
• Galatians 3:22But the Bible says that sin has power over everyone. People can not get free. This means that we can only receive what God has promised when we trust Jesus Christ. God gives his promise to those who believe.
• John 1:7He came to tell people about the light. God wanted everyone to believe in the one who is the light.
• John 12:32But when people lift me up from the ground, then I will bring everyone to myself.’
• 1 Timothy 2:4He wants to save all people. He wants everyone to know his message about what is true.

Commentaries on Romans 11:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief - ̔ , God hath shut or locked them all up under unbelief. This refers to the guilty state of both Jews and Gentiles. They had all broken God's law - the Jews, the written law; the Gentiles, the law written in their hearts; see Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20; Romans 2:14, Romans 2:15. They are represented here as having been accused if their transgressions; tried at God's bar; found guilty on being tried; condemned to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32For God hath concluded … - The word translated here “concluded” sunekleise, is rendered in the margin “shut them all up together.” It is properly used in reference to those who are shut up in prison, or to those in a city who are shut up by a besieging army; Joshua 6:6; Isaiah 45:1. It is used in the New Testament of fish taken in a net; Luke 5:6, “They enclosed a great multitude of fishes;” Galatians 3:22, “But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin…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. 32may have mercy on everyone: Everyone refers to all kinds of people. In Paul's letter to the Romans, especially this chapter, it includes both Gentiles and Jews.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief--"hath shut them all up to unbelief" that he might have mercy upon all--that is, those "all" of whom he had been discoursing; the Gentiles first, and after them the Jews [Fritzsche, Tholuck, Olshausen, De Wette, Philippi, Stuart, Hodge]. Certainly it is not "all mankind individually" [Meyer, Alford]; for the apostle is not here dealing with individuals, but with those great divisions of mankind, Jew and…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 11:32

• Depravity of Man
• God Continued...
• 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