Romans 11:31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you.

◄ Romans 11:31 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you.

English Standard Version
so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.

New American Standard Bible
so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy.

King James Bible
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also now may receive mercy.

International Standard Version
so they, too, have now disobeyed. As a result, they may receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.

American Standard Version
even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So these also now have not believed, for your mercy, that they also may obtain mercy.

Darby Bible Translation
so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that they also may be objects of mercy.

Young's Literal Translation
so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

11:22-32 Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the sorest; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the course of things, far less improbable than the call of the Gentiles to be the children of Abraham; and though others now possess these privileges, it will not hinder their being admitted again. By rejecting the gospel, and by their indignation at its being preached to the Gentiles, the Jews were become enemies to God; yet they are still to be favoured for the sake of their pious fathers. Though at present they are enemies to the gospel, for their hatred to the Gentiles; yet, when God's time is come, that will no longer exist, and God's love to their fathers will be remembered. True grace seeks not to confine God's favour. Those who find mercy themselves, should endeavour that through their mercy others also may obtain mercy. Not that the Jews will be restored to have their priesthood, and temple, and ceremonies again; an end is put to all these; but they are to be brought to believe in Christ, the true become one sheep-fold with the Gentiles, under Christ the Great Shepherd. The captivities of Israel, their dispersion, and their being shut out from the church, are emblems of the believer's corrections for doing wrong; and the continued care of the Lord towards that people, and the final mercy and blessed restoration intended for them, show the patience and love of God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

31. Even so have these—the Jews.

now not believed—or, "now been disobedient"

that through your mercy—the mercy shown to you.

they also may obtain mercy—Here is an entirely new idea. The apostle has hitherto dwelt upon the unbelief of the Jews as making way for the faith of the Gentiles—the exclusion of the one occasioning the reception of the other; a truth yielding to generous, believing Gentiles but mingled satisfaction. Now, opening a more cheering prospect, he speaks of the mercy shown to the Gentiles as a means of Israel's recovery; which seems to mean that it will be by the instrumentality of believing Gentiles that Israel as a nation is at length to "look on Him whom they have pierced and mourn for Him," and so to "obtain mercy." (See 2Co 3:15, 16).