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I. HOW WE SHOULD REGARD HIM.

1. Not with contempt, but with respect.

2. Not as cast away, but blinded.

II. WHAT WE SHOULD HOPE FOR HIM.

1. His restoration with the fulness of the Gentiles.

2. Not simply the conversion of a few, but of the nation.

III. HOW WE SHOULD TREAT HIM. We should —

1. Hate his self-righteousness.

2. Love himself.

3. Seek his Salvation.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

WEB: For 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,