Romans 11:15
For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
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In Context
16And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Cross References
Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord had been on me, and he took me out in the spirit of the Lord and put me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones;
Luke 15:24For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
Romans 5:10For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
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.
Ephesians 1:10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
Revelation 11:11And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.
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 →