Romans 11:30
For as you formerly did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
In Context
29for God’s gifts and calling are irrevocable.
Cross References
Romans 11:31so, also, these have not now believed, that through the mercy shown to you, they also may obtain mercy.
1 Corinthians 7:25But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
Ephesians 2:1Even you, being dead to offenses and sins,
Ephesians 2:19Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, in accordance with the preceding prophecies concerning you, that by them you may war the good warfare,
1 Peter 2:10who formerly were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.
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 →