Romans 11:25

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have 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 you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?

26And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Psalms 107:43Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Proverbs 26:16The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Isaiah 5:21Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

Isaiah 66:18But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.

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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