Romans 11:30
For as ye in times past disobeyed God, but now obtained mercy through their disobedience;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
In Context
29For unrepented are the gifts and the calling of God.
31so also they now disobeyed through the mercy shown to you, that they also might obtain mercy.
Cross References
Romans 11:31so also they now disobeyed through the mercy shown to you, that they also might obtain mercy.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Ephesians 2:1YOU also, being dead in trespasses and sins;--
Ephesians 2:19So then ye are no longer strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
1 Timothy 1:18This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning thee, that thou mayest wage in them the good warfare;
1 Peter 2:10who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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 →