Romans 11:25

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

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In The King James Version

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

In Context

24For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 107:43He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of LORD.

Proverbs 3:5Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.

Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Isaiah 66:18For I [know] their works and their thoughts. [The time] comes, that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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