Romans 11:28

Catholic Public Domain Version

Certainly, according to the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But according to the election, they are most beloved for the sake of the fathers.

Cross References

Genesis 26:4

And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

Genesis 28:14

And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord appeared to me from a distance: "And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.

Micah 7:20

You will give the truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days.

Matthew 21:43

Therefore, I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and it shall be given to a people who shall produce its fruits.

Luke 1:54

He has taken up his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy,

Acts 14:2

Yet truly, the Jews who were unbelieving had incited and enflamed the souls of the Gentiles against the brothers.

Acts 18:6

But since they were contradicting him and blaspheming, he shook out his garments and said to them: "Your blood is on your own heads. I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles."

Romans 11:11

Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.

Romans 11:30

And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,

Romans 11:7

What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

Romans 5:10

For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 9:5

Theirs are the fathers, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all things, blessed God, for all eternity. Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Now the Lord was closely joined to your fathers, and he loved them, and he chose their offspring after them, that is, you yourselves, out of all the nations, just as is being proven today.

Deuteronomy 4:31

For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you, nor will he entirely destroy you, nor will he forget the covenant, which he swore to your fathers.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.

Deuteronomy 9:5

For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.