Romans 11:15
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
16For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Cross References
Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones.
Luke 15:24Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 11:11I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them.
Ephesians 1:10In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.
Revelation 11:11And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them. And they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon them that 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 →