Romans 11:14
if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 11:11I say then, did they stumble in order that they should fall? Far be it! But by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
1 Corinthians 7:16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
1 Timothy 2:4who desires that all should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 2:10For this cause, I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Philemon 1:12whom I sent back to thee. But do thou receive him, that is, my own flesh;
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 →