Romans 11:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 11:15

13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as ^aI am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and ^asave some of them.

15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be ^abut life from the dead?

16 For if ^athe firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

17 And if ^asome of the branches were broken off, ^band you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and¹ fatness of the olive tree,

18 ^ado not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”

20 Well said. Because of ^aunbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.

21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you,¹ goodness, ^aif you continue in His goodness. Otherwise ^byou also will be cut off.

23 And they also, ^aif they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be ^awise in your own opinion, that ^bblindness in part has happened to Israel ^cuntil the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Verse Comparison: Romans 11:15

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American Standard Version
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?

Amplified® Bible
For if their rejection {and} exclusion from the benefits of salvation were [overruled] for the reconciliation of a world to God, what will their acceptance {and} admission mean? [It will be nothing short of] life from the dead!

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby English Version
For if their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?

Good News Bible
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!

International Standard Version
For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will {their} acceptance be but life from the dead?

New International Version
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

New King James Version
For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance produce but life from the dead?

Young's Literal Translation
for if the casting away of them `is' a reconciliation of the world, what the reception -- if not life out of the dead?

New English Translation
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

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