I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Parallel translations
- WEB For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
- KJV 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.
- NKJV For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
- NASB For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
- NLT I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
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Paul reveals a mystery: a partial hardening has come on Israel until the full number of Gentiles comes in.
Overview
Paul discloses a previously hidden purpose of God to keep the Gentiles from conceit. Israel's hardening is 'partial' (a remnant believes) and temporary ('until' the Gentile fullness arrives). The verse frames the present age as a time of Gentile ingathering that does not exclude God's ongoing purpose for Israel.
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Cross-references · 31
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
- 2 Cor 3:14–16But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- Rom 16:25Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- Rom 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- Zech 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Rom 11:7–8What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- Zech 14:9–21On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- Isa 2:1–8This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
- Eph 3:9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
- Mic 4:1–2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- 1 Cor 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- Rom 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Rev 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
- Isa 60:1–22Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Hos 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Eph 3:3–4that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
- Rev 10:7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- 2 Pet 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- Isa 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Rev 20:2–4He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
- Prov 3:5–7Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Isa 66:18–23“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- Ps 72:8–14May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Ps 127:1A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- 1 Cor 12:1Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
- Prov 26:16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- Ps 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
- Prov 26:12Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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