Revised Webster's Bible
Romans 11:14
14If by any means I may provoke to jealousy them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Romans 11:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
- New International Version (NIV)in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.
Context of Romans 11:14
12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office: If by any means I may provoke to jealousy them who are my flesh, and may save some of them. 15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy : and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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εἴ πως παραζηλώσω μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ σώσω τινὰς ἐξ αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Romans 11:14
- 1 Corinthians 7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
- 1 Corinthians 9:20And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
- 2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
- Romans 11:11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
- Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
- Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, my own heart:
- 1 Timothy 4:16Take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
- James 5:20Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Commentaries on Romans 11:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Might save some of them - And yet all these were among the reprobate, or rejected; however, the apostle supposed that none of them were irrecoverably shut out from the Divine favor; and that some of them, by his preaching, might be disposed to receive salvation by Christ Jesus.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14If by any means - If even by stating unpleasant truths, if by bringing out all the counsel of God, even what threatens their destruction, I may arrest their attention, and save them. I may provoke to emulation - I may awaken up to zeal, or to an earnest desire to obtain the like blessings. This was in accordance with the prediction of Moses, that the calling in of the Gentiles would excite their attention, and provoke them to deep feeling; Note, Romans…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. As therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconciled to God, and at peace with him; the future receiving of the Jews into the church would be such a change, as would resemble a general resurrection of the dead in sin to a life of righteousness. Abraham was as the root of the church. The Jews…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14You Gentiles: Paul speaks directly to the gentile believers in Rome. His purpose is to correct them for thinking too highly of themselves, especially when comparing themselves to their Jewish brothers and sisters (11:20). Paul reminds them that they enjoy salvation only because of God’s kindness, not because of their own merit (11:22). He also explains that God’s goal is not to reject the Jews. Instead, God intends to lead them to repentance and renewed…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. I speak--"am speaking" to you Gentiles--another proof that this Epistle was addressed to Gentile believers. (See on Ro 1:13). I magnify--"glorify" mine office--The clause beginning with "inasmuch" should be read as a parenthesis.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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