Romans 11:1
New Living Translation
God’s Mercy on Israel
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
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Romans 11:1
New International Version
The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C)
2 Corinthians 11:22
New Living Translation
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
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2 Corinthians 11:22
New International Version
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I.(A) Are they Israelites? So am I.(B) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.(C)
1 Samuel 12:22
New Living Translation
22 The Lord will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the Lord to make you his very own people.
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1 Samuel 12:22
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22 For the sake(A) of his great name(B) the Lord will not reject(C) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make(D) you his own.
Philippians 3:5
New Living Translation
5 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.
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Philippians 3:5
New International Version
5 circumcised(A) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(B) of the tribe of Benjamin,(C) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(D)
Jeremiah 33:24-26
New Living Translation
24 “Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation. 25 But this is what the Lord says: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws that govern night and day, earth and sky. 26 I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”
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Jeremiah 33:24-26
New International Version
24 “Have you not noticed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two kingdoms[a](A) he chose’? So they despise(B) my people and no longer regard them as a nation.(C) 25 This is what the Lord says: ‘If I have not made my covenant with day and night(D) and established the laws(E) of heaven and earth,(F) 26 then I will reject(G) the descendants of Jacob(H) and David my servant and will not choose one of his sons to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes[b](I) and have compassion(J) on them.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 33:24 Or families
- Jeremiah 33:26 Or will bring them back from captivity
Acts 26:4
New Living Translation
4 “As the Jewish leaders are well aware, I was given a thorough Jewish training from my earliest childhood among my own people and in Jerusalem.
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Acts 26:4
New International Version
4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(A) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.
Acts 22:3
New Living Translation
3 Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
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Amos 9:8-9
New Living Translation
8 “I, the Sovereign Lord,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[a]”
says the Lord.
9 “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.
Amos 9:8-9
New International Version
8 “Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord
are on the sinful kingdom.
I will destroy(A) it
from the face of the earth.
Yet I will not totally destroy
the descendants of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.(B)
9 “For I will give the command,
and I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations
as grain(C) is shaken in a sieve,(D)
and not a pebble will reach the ground.(E)
Hosea 9:17
New Living Translation
17 My God will reject the people of Israel
because they will not listen or obey.
They will be wanderers,
homeless among the nations.
Hosea 9:17
New International Version
Jeremiah 31:36-37
New Living Translation
36 “I am as likely to reject my people Israel
as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”
37 This is what the Lord says:
“Just as the heavens cannot be measured
and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored,
so I will not consider casting them away
for the evil they have done.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 31:36-37
New International Version
36 “Only if these decrees(A) vanish from my sight,”
declares the Lord,
“will Israel(B) ever cease
being a nation before me.”
37 This is what the Lord says:
Romans 9:3
New Living Translation
3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.[a] I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.
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- 9:3 Greek my brothers.
Romans 9:3
New International Version
3 For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)
Romans 3:4
New Living Translation
4 Of course not! Even if everyone else is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say about him,
“You will be proved right in what you say,
and you will win your case in court.”[a]
Romans 3:4
New International Version
Footnotes
- Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
Psalm 94:14
New Living Translation
14 The Lord will not reject his people;
he will not abandon his special possession.
Psalm 94:14
New International Version
14 For the Lord will not reject his people;(A)
he will never forsake his inheritance.
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