Romans 11:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Deut 10:15 : 15 Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.
  • Luke 1:68-75 : 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and redeemed his people, 69 And hath raised vp the horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid, 70 As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying, 71 That he would sende vs deliuerance fro our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate vs, 72 That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant, 73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham. 74 Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare, 75 All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen.
  • Rom 11:7 : 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obteined it, and the rest haue bene hardened,
  • Rom 11:11 : 11 I demaund then, Haue they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall, saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.
  • Rom 11:30 : 30 For euen as yee in times past haue not beleeued God, yet haue nowe obteined mercie through their vnbeliefe:
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men, 16 And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.
  • Acts 13:45-46 : 45 But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.
  • Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He hath alway remembred his couenant & promes, that he made to a thousand generations, 9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak: 10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant, 11 Saying, Vnto thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend. 9 For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 The Lord hath appeared vnto me of old, say they: Yea, I haue loued thee with an euerlasting loue, therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme thy trueth to Iaakob, and mercie to Abraham, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • Matt 21:43 : 43 Therefore say I vnto you, The kingdome of God shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giuen to a nation, which shall bring foorth the fruites thereof.
  • Luke 1:54 : 54 Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie
  • Gen 26:4 : 4 Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed,
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
  • Lev 26:40-42 : 40 Then they shall confesse their iniquitie, & the wickednes of their fathers for their trespasse, which they haue trespassed against mee, and also because they haue walked stubburnly against me. 41 Therefore I wil walke stubburnly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their vncircumcised hearts shalbe humbled, and then they shalt willingly beare the punishment of their iniquitie. 42 Then I will remember my couenant with Iaakob, and my couenant also with Izhak, and also my couenant with Abraham will I remember, and will remember the land.
  • Deut 4:31 : 31 (For the Lord thy God is a mercifull God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the couenant of thy fathers, which hee sware vnto them.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Lord did 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 Lord loued you, and because hee would keepe the othe which hee had sworne vnto your fathers, the Lord hath brought you out by a mightie hand, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt,
  • Deut 8:18 : 18 But remember the Lorde thy God: for it is he which giueth thee power to get substance to establish his couenant which he sware vnto thy fathers, as appeareth this day.
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.
  • Rom 5:10 : 10 For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne, much more being reconciled, we shalbe saued by his life,
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 And the vnbeleeuing Iewes stirred vp, and corrupted the mindes of the Gentiles against the brethren.
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shooke his raiment, & saide vnto them, Your blood be vpon your owne head: I am cleane: from henceforth will I goe vnto the Gentiles.

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  • Rom 11:19-27
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    19Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in.

    20Well: through vnbeliefe they are broken off, and thou standest by faith: bee not hie minded, but feare.

    21For if God spared not the naturall branches, take heede, least he also spare not thee.

    22Beholde therefore the bountifulnesse, and seueritie of God: towarde them which haue fallen, seueritie: but toward thee, bountifulnesse, if thou continue in his bountifulnesse: or els thou shalt also be cut off.

    23And they also, if they abide not still in vnbeliefe, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graffe them in againe.

    24For if thou wast cut out of the Oliue tree, which was wilde by nature, & wast graffed contrary to nature in a right Oliue tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, bee graffed in their owne Oliue tree?

    25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should bee arrogant in your selues) that partly obstinacie is come to Israel, vntill the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in.

    26And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written, The deliuerer shall come out of Sion, and shall turne away the vngodlinesse from Iacob.

    27And this is my couenant to them, When I shall take away their sinnes.

  • Rom 11:29-32
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    29For the giftes and calling of God are without repentance.

    30For euen as yee in times past haue not beleeued God, yet haue nowe obteined mercie through their vnbeliefe:

    31Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.

    32For God hath shut vp all in vnbeliefe, that he might haue mercie on all.

  • Rom 11:10-12
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    10Let their eyes be darkened that they see not, and bowe downe their backe alwayes.

    11I demaund then, Haue they stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid: but through their fall, saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles, to prouoke them to follow them.

    12Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their aboundance be?

  • Rom 11:5-8
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    5Euen so then at this present time is there a remnant according to the election of grace.

    6And if it be of grace, it is no more of workes: or els were grace no more grace: but if it be of workes, it is no more grace: or els were worke no more worke.

    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that he sought: but the election hath obteined it, and the rest haue bene hardened,

    8According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day.

  • Rom 11:14-15
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    14To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to follow them, and might saue some of them.

    15For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiuing be, but life from the dead?

  • Rom 11:1-2
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    1I Demaund then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid: for I also am an Israelite, of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin.

    2God hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Know ye not what the Scripture sayth of Elias, howe hee communeth with God against Israel, saying,

  • Rom 9:11-14
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    11For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth)

    12It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger.

    13As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.

    14What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.

  • Rom 9:3-8
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    3For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,

    4Which are the Israelites, to whome perteineth the adoption, and the glory, and the Couenants, and the giuing of the Lawe, and the seruice of God, and the promises.

    5Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen.

    6Notwithstanding it can not bee that the worde of God should take none effect: for all they are not Israel, which are of Israel:

    7Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called:

    8That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede.

  • Rom 11:17
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    17And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wilde Oliue tree, wast graft in for them, and made partaker of the roote, and fatnesse of the Oliue tree.

  • 1 Thess 2:15-16
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    15Who both killed the Lord Iesus & their owne Prophets, & haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,

    16And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.

  • Rom 9:24-27
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    24Euen vs whome hee hath called, not of of the Iewes onely, but also of the Gentiles,

    25As he sayth also in Osee, I will call them, My people, which were not my people: and her, Beloued, which was not beloued.

    26And it shalbe in the place where it was said vnto them, Ye are not my people, that there they shalbe called, The children of the liuing God.

    27Also Esaias cryeth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea, yet shall but a remnant be saued.

  • 1 Thess 1:4
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    4Knowing, beloued brethren, that ye are elect of God.

  • Rom 10:1
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    1Brethren, mine hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saued.

  • Acts 28:28
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    28Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

  • Gal 4:16-17
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    16Am I therefore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?

    17They are ielous ouer you amisse: yea, they woulde exclude you, that ye shoulde altogether loue them.

  • Rom 3:29
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    29God, is he the God of the Iewes onely, and not of the Gentiles also? Yes, euen of the Gentiles also.

  • Rom 8:31
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    31What shall we then say to these thinges? If God be on our side, who can be against vs?

  • 2 Cor 11:11
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    11Wherefore? because I loue you not? God knoweth.

  • Rom 15:9
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    9And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.