Romans 11:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As concernyng the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are loued for the fathers sakes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κατὰ μὲν τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἐχθροὶ διʼ ὑμᾶς: κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐκλογήν, ἀγαπητοὶ διὰ τοὺς πατέρας.

Transliteration

According to indeed the euangelion, echthroi for you: according to now the eklogēn, agapētoi because of the pateras.

Grammar Details

• *euangelion*: accusative neuter singular - gospel
• *echthroi*: nominative masculine plural - enemies
• *eklogēn*: accusative feminine singular - election
• *agapētoi*: nominative masculine plural - beloved
• *pateras*: accusative masculine plural - fathers

Word Meanings

• *euangelion*: gospel/good news
• *echthroi*: enemies/hostile ones
• *eklogēn*: election/selection/choice
• *agapētoi*: beloved/dear
• *pateras*: fathers/ancestors

Referenced Verses

• Deut 10:15 : 15 Notwithstandyng, the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them, and chose their seede after them, euen you aboue all nations, as thou seest this day.
• Luke 1:68-75 : 68 Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people. 69 And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid. 70 Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began. 71 That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs. 72 That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt. 73 And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs. 74 That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare, 75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym.
• Rom 9:5 : 5 Of whom are the fathers, of whom as concernyng the fleshe, Christe came, which is God, in all thynges to be praysed for euer. Amen.
• Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel hath not obtayned that which he sought: but the election hath obtayned it, the remnaunt hath ben blynded,
• Rom 11:11 : 11 I say then, haue they therfore stumbled, that they shoulde fall? God forbyd: but through their fall, saluation is come vnto the gentiles, for to prouoke them withall.
• Rom 11:30 : 30 For, as ye in tyme past haue not beleued God, yet haue nowe obtayned mercie, through their vnbeliefe:
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men: 16 And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost.
• Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles,
• Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promised a worde to a thousande generations:) 9 euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac. 10 And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt. 11 Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritaunce.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou Israel art my seruaunt, thou Iacob whom I haue chose, thou art the seede of Abraham my beloued. 9 Thou art he whom I led from the endes of the earth: for I called thee euen from among the glorious men of it, and sayd vnto thee, Thou art my seruaunt, I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre and say I loue thee with an euerlasting loue, therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
• Matt 21:43 : 43 Therefore saye I vnto you, the kyngdome of God shalbe taken from you, & geuen to a nation bryngyng foorth the fruites therof.
• Luke 1:54 : 54 He hath helped his seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of his mercy,
• Gen 26:4 : 4 And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:
• Gen 28:14 : 14 And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed.
• Lev 26:40-42 : 40 And they shal confesse their misdeedes and the misdeedes of their fathers, for their trespasse which they haue trespassed agaynst me, and for that also that they haue walked contrary vnto me. 41 Therfore, I also wyll walke contrarie vnto them, and wyl bring them into the lande of their enemies: And then at the least way their vncircumcised heartes shalbe tamed, and they shall willingly accept their sinne. 42 Then I wyll remember my couenaunt with Iacob, and my couenaunt with Isahac, and my couenaunt with Abraham wyll I remember, and wyll thynke on the lande.
• Deut 4:31 : 31 (For the Lorde thy God is a mercifull God) he wyll not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the appoyntment of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.
• Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people) 8 But because the Lorde loued you, and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt.
• Deut 8:18 : 18 But remember the Lorde thy God, for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce, for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, as appeareth this day.
• Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake, or for thy right heart, that thou goest to possesse their lande: But for the wickednesse of these nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, eue to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers. Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob.
• Rom 5:10 : 10 For, yf when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne: much more, seyng we are reconciled, we shalbe saued by his lyfe.
• Acts 14:2 : 2 But the vnbeleuyng Iewes, stirred vp, and corrupted the myndes of the Gentiles agaynst the brethren.
• Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.