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Romans 11:15
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They turned their backs on God's grace so he turned toward y'all outsiders. But how much better would it be if God's own people would come back to Him? It would be like bringing the dead back to life.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
For if their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?
For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
For if the rejection of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what would the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what will the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world: what shal the receiuing of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their casting away is the reconciliation of the world, what is the reception, except life from the dead?
For yf the losse of them by the recocylinge of the worlde, what were that els, then as yf life were taken of the deed?
for, if by rejecting them, the world may be reconciled; what shall their restoration be, but a general resurrection?
For if their [present] rejection [of salvation] is for the reconciliation of the world [to God], what will their acceptance [of salvation] be but [nothing less than] life from the dead?
For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
For yf the castynge awaye of them be the reconcylynge of the worlde: what shall the receavynge of them be but lyfe agayne from deeth?
For if the casting away of them [is] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
For if the rejection of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
for if the casting away of them [is] a reconciliation of the world, what the reception -- if not life out of the dead?
When God turned away from the Jews, he became friends with other people in the world. So when God accepts the Jews, surely that will bring them life after death.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
When Israel rejected God, the rest of the people in the world were able to turn to him. So when God makes friends with Israel, it will be like bringing the dead back to life.
For if their casting Yeshua aside means reconciliation for the world, what will their accepting him mean? It will be life from the dead!
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiuing be, but life from the dead?
And if their rejection has resulted in reconciliation of the world, how much more will their restoration be? Indeed it will be life from the dead.
For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
For if their rejection was the reconciliation of the world, what (will) their conversion (be) but life from the dead ?
For if the rejection of them, was a reconciliation of the world; what will their conversion be, but life from the dead?
For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Because the Jews have been put aside, many other people in the world have been saved from the punishment of sin. Think what it will be like when they are also gathered in. It will be like the dead coming back to life!
For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead!
For, 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?
For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean except life from the dead?
For yf the castyng away of them, be the reconcilyng of the worlde: what shall the receauyng [of them] be, but lyfe from the dead?
God turned away from the Jews. When that happened, he became friends with the other people in the world. So when he accepts the Jews, it will be like bringing people to life after death.
For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
For when they were rejected, all other people were changed from God's enemies into his friends. What will it be, then, when they are accepted? It will be life for the dead!
For if the loss of hem is the recouncelyng of the world, what is the takyng vp, but lijf of deede men?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the casting: Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2, Romans 11:11, Romans 11:12
the reconciling: Romans 5:10, Daniel 9:24, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Ephesians 1:10, Colossians 1:20, Colossians 1:21
but: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Revelation 11:11, Revelation 20:4-6
Reciprocal: Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Psalms 126:2 - then said Isaiah 6:12 - a great Isaiah 11:11 - set his hand Isaiah 12:1 - O Lord Jeremiah 46:28 - but I will not Ezekiel 37:12 - I will open Ezekiel 37:28 - the heathen Daniel 12:1 - thy people Daniel 12:12 - General Hosea 1:11 - for Hosea 13:14 - ransom Romans 3:2 - Much Romans 11:31 - believed 2 Corinthians 5:19 - reconciling Revelation 20:5 - This
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if the casting away of them,.... This argument, as before, in Romans 11:12, is from the lesser to the greater, showing that as the Gentiles received present advantage through the rejection of the Jews, they would receive far greater at their future recovery, and which proves that their rejection is not final; for by "the casting away of them", is meant the rejection of the Jews, and refers to God's writing a "Lo-ammi", Hosea 1:9, upon them, and his taking away the Gospel from them, and which were the occasion of
the reconciling of the world, the Gentiles; not of God's drawing the scheme of their reconciliation in his Son; nor of the actual reconciliation of them by his sufferings and death; but of the Gospel, the word of reconciliation being carried among them upon the Jews' disbelief and contempt of it, which was made effectual by the power of divine grace, to the reconciling of them to God, to the, way of salvation by Christ; to be willing to serve him, and be saved by him; to, lay down their arms, surrender to his victorious grace, and become obedient to him both by word and deed; and if this was the case then, as it was, he asks
what shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead? By the receiving of them is meant the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, when they will be received by Christ, on whom they will look with an eye of faith, and mourn in an evangelical manner for their sins against him; who casts out none that come unto him, but receives them into his arms in the most kind and tender manner; and when they will be also openly received into the house and family of God, into the visible church of Christ; and as the apostle afterwards says, "be grafted into their own olive tree", Romans 11:24; and this their restoration will be as "life from the dead"; which regards not so much the quickening of the Jews themselves, though their conversion will be, as the conversion of every sinner is, a resurrection from the death of sin to a life of grace, and is so represented in Ezekiel 37:1, but rather the reviving the work of God among the Gentile churches, who having lain long in a dead, lifeless, lukewarm, and indifferent frame of spirit, will be aroused and quickened, at this wonderful work of grace upon the Jews; and besides it will be as unexpected by them, and as surprising to them, as a person's being raised from the dead would be; yea as joyful, and as welcome to them, as if a man received his nearest relation and friend from the dead; add to this, and which some of the ancients make to be the sense of the place, quickly after the conversion of the Jews, the fulness of the Gentiles being brought in, and nothing more to be done in a way of grace, the first resurrection from the dead will follow, and happy is he that will have part in it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For if the casting away of them - If their rejection as the special people of God - their exclusion from their national privileges, on account of their unbelief. It is the same as “the fall of them;” Romans 11:12.
Be the reconciling of the world - The word “reconciliation” καταλλαγή katallagē denotes commonly a pacification of contending parties; a removing the occasion of difference, so as again to be united; 1 Corinthians 7:11, “Let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband.” It is commonly applied to the reconciliation, or pacification, produced between man and God by the gospel. They are brought to union, to friendship, to peace, by the intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ; Rom 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19,” God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” Hence, the ministry is called the “ministry of reconciliation;” 2 Corinthians 5:18. And hence, this word is used to express the atonement; Romans 5:11, “By whom we have now received the atonement” (the reconciliation). In this place it means that many of the Gentiles - the world - had become reconciled to God as the result of the casting off of the Jews. By their unbelief, the way had been opened to preach the gospel to the Gentiles; it was the occasion by which God sent it to the nations of the earth; compare Acts 13:46.
The receiving of them - The same as was denoted Romans 11:12 by their fulness. If the casting them off, an event so little likely, apparently, to produce any good effect, was nevertheless overruled so as to produce important benefits in the spread of the gospel, how much more may we expect will be accomplished by their conversion and return; an event suited in itself to produce an important influence on mankind. One would have supposed that their rejection of the Messiah would have been an important obstacle in the way of the gospel. It was overruled, however, to promote its increase. Their return will have a direct tendency to spread it. How much more, therefore, may we expect to be accomplished by that?
But life from the dead - This is an instance of the special, glowing, and vigorous manner of the apostle Paul. His mind catches at the thought of what may be produced by the recovery of the Jews, and no ordinary language would convey his idea. He had already exhausted the usual forms of speech by saying that even their rejection had reconciled the world, and that it was the riches of the Gentiles. To say that their recovery - a striking and momentous event; an event so much better suited to produce important results - would be attended by the conversion of the world, would be insipid and tame. He uses, therefore, a most bold and striking figure. The resurrection of the dead was an image of the most vast and wonderful event that could take place. This image, therefore, in the apostle’s mind, was a striking illustration of the great change and reformation which should take place when the Jews should be restored, and the effect should be felt in the conversion also of the Gentile world.
Some have supposed that the apostle here refers to a literal resurrection of the dead, as the conversion of the Jews. But there is not the slightest evidence of this. He refers to the recovery of the nations from the death of sin which shall take place when the Jews shall be converted to the Christian faith. The prophet Ezekiel Ezekiel 37:1-14 has also used the same image of the resurrection of the dead to denote a great moral change among a people. It is clear here that the apostle fixed his eye on a future conversion of the Jews to the gospel, and expected that their conversion would precede the universal conversion of the Gentiles to the Christian faith, There could be no event that would make so immediate and decided an impression on the pagan world as the conversion of the Jews. They are scattered everywhere; they have access to all people; they understand all languages; and their conversion would be like kindling up thousands of lights at once in the darkness of the pagan world.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Romans 11:15. But life from the dead — If the rejection of the Jews became the occasion of our receiving the Gospel, so that we can even glory in our tribulations, though they themselves became chief instruments of our sufferings; yet so far must we feel from exulting over them that we should esteem their full conversion to God as great and choice a favour as we would the restoration of a most intimate friend to life, who had been at the gates of death.
The restoration of the Jews to a state of favour with God to which the apostle refers, and which is too plainly intimated by the spirit of prophecy to admit of a doubt, will be a most striking event. Their being preserved as a distinct people is certainly a strong collateral proof that they shall once more be brought into the Church of God: and their conversion to Christianity will be an incontestable proof of the truth of Divine revelation; and doubtless will become the means of converting multitudes of deists, who will see the prophecies of God, which had been delivered so long before, so strikingly fulfilled in this great event. We need not wonder, if a whole nation should then be born as in a day.
