even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
Parallel translations
- KJV Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
- BSB so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
- ESV so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
- NKJV even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.
- NASB so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.
- NLT Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy.
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Cross-references · 3
- Rom 11:15For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?
- Rom 11:25For 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,
- Rom 10:16But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
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