Romans 11:14
Perhaps I will provoke to jealousy those who are of my own flesh. Perhaps we will save some of them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 so as to fall?” May it never be. Instead, by their failure, salvation has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
1 Corinthians 7:16For how do you know, woman, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, man, whether you will save your wife?
1 Timothy 2:4He desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Philemon 1:12I have sent him back to you, he who is my very heart.
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 →