Romans 11:14

If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and save some from among them;—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

13Unto you, however, am I speaking,—you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,

15For, if, the casting away of them, hath become the reconciling of a world, what shall, the taking of them in addition, be, but life from among the dead?

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Cross References

Romans 11:11I say then—Did they stumble in order that they might fall? Far be it! But, by their fall, salvation [hath come] unto the nations, to the end of provoking them to jealousy.

1 Corinthians 7:16For how knowest thou, O woman, whether, thy husband, thou shalt save? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether, thy wife, thou shalt save?

1 Timothy 2:4Who willeth, all men, to be saved, and, unto a personal knowledge of truth, to come;

2 Timothy 2:10For this cause, am I enduring, all things, for the sake of the chosen, in order that, they also, may obtain, the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus along with glory age-abiding.

Philemon 1:12Whom I have sent back unto thee—him, that is, my own, tender affections!—

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 →

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