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11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
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11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
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12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
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12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
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13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry
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13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry
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14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
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14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
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15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
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17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
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18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
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19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
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20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
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22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
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22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
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23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
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24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
