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11 Did God’s people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! They were disobedient, so God made salvation available to the Gentiles. But he wanted his own people to become jealous and claim it for themselves. 12 Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the people of Israel turned down God’s offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when they finally accept it.

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11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall,[a] did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel[b] jealous. 12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration[c] bring?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:11 tn Grk “that they might fall.”
  2. Romans 11:11 tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Romans 11:12 tn Or “full inclusion”; Grk “their fullness.”