Romans 11:14
If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 11:11So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
1 Corinthians 7:16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?
1 Timothy 2:4Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.
2 Timothy 2:10But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:
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 →