¹³ I am now speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to you, I will take pride in my work. ¹⁴ I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved. ¹⁵ When Israel rejected God,^[a] 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.

²⁹ God doesn't take back the gifts he has given or disown the people he has chosen.

³⁰ At one time you Gentiles rejected God. But now Israel has rejected God, and you have been shown mercy. ³¹ And because of the mercy shown to you, they will also be shown mercy. ³² All people have disobeyed God, and that's why he treats them as prisoners. But he does this, so that he can have mercy on all of them.