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Romans 11:14
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses Gentile believers in Rome, having just declared his apostolic commission to them and magnified his ministry, immediately before contrasting Israel’s temporary rejection with its future acceptance. The words — παραζηλώσω (parazēlōsō) means “I will provoke to jealousy,” and σῴσω (sōsō) means “will save.” The thread — The theme of provoking jealousy or interceding for salvation runs through Romans 9:3, where Paul wishes himself accursed for his kinsmen, 1 Corinthians 7:16, which questions whether a believer might save their spouse, and 1 Timothy 4:16, which ties the preservation of others to faithful teaching and life. Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that apostolic labor functions through hope and strategic provocation rather than guarantee, demanding active participation in God’s redemptive sequence without presuming the outcome.
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The Greek words
King James Version
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 7:16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
- Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
- 1 Timothy 4:16 Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- Titus 3:5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 11:11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
- 1 Timothy 2:4 who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
- Philemon 1:12 I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.