Romans 11:30
Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
Text-Critical English NT
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 the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
Cross References
Romans 11:31so they too have now become disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they also may receive mercy.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins, I do not have a command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
Ephesians 2:1You were dead in the trespasses and sins
Ephesians 2:19So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
1 Timothy 1:18This charge I entrust to yoʋ, Timothy, my child, according to the prophecies once made about yoʋ, so that by them yoʋ may fight the good fight,
1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received 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 →