Verse 14

In the hope that I may somehow provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
  • Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own people according to the flesh.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • Jas 5:20 : 20 let them know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 For this reason, I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • Phlm 1:12 : 12 I am sending him back to you—he is my very heart.
  • Rom 11:11 : 11 Again I ask, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in God’s wisdom 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 Cor 9:20-22 : 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, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. 22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.