Romans 11:25

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret — that ye may not be wise in your own conceits — that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

In Context

24for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who [are] according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

26and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

Psalms 107:43Who [is] wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

Proverbs 3:5Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Proverbs 26:16Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

Isaiah 5:21Woe [to] the wise in their own eyes, And — before their own faces — intelligent!

Isaiah 66:18And I — their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour.

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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