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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And if the people of Israel turn from their unbelief, they will be grafted in again, for God has the power to graft them back into the tree.

Context of Romans 11:23

21For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. 22Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. 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. 24For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree. 25Lest 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.

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 12:10"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
• Matthew 23:39For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
• 2 Corinthians 3:16But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

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