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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Quick answer
Just so, Israel has now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to Gentiles they too may receive mercy.
Overview
Paul completes the parallel: Israel's present disobedience is woven into God's plan so that, by witnessing mercy poured out on Gentiles, they themselves may obtain mercy. The pattern shows God orchestrating history so that mercy reaches both groups. It magnifies the gospel as God's plan to show undeserved grace across all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
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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