Romans 11:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,

Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

You will ask for my help, but I won't listen; you will search, but you won't find me.

Isaiah 44:18

Those who worship idols are stupid and blind!

Isaiah 6:10

“Make these people stubborn! Make them stop up their ears, cover their eyes, and fail to understand. Don't let them turn to me and be healed.”

Mark 6:52

Their minds were closed, and they could not understand the true meaning of the loaves of bread.

Luke 13:24

Do all you can to go in by the narrow door! A lot of people will try to get in, but will not be able to.

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

Romans 10:3

what makes people acceptable to him. So they refuse to trust God, and they try to be acceptable by obeying the Law.

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Romans 11:5

It is the same way now. God was kind to the people of Israel, and so a few of them are still his followers.

Romans 3:9

What does all this mean? Does it mean that we Jews are better off than the Gentiles? No, it doesn't! Jews, as well as Gentiles, are ruled by sin, just as I have said.

Romans 6:15

What does all this mean? Does it mean we are free to sin, because we are ruled by God's wonderful kindness and not by the Law? Certainly not!

Romans 9:18

Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.

Romans 9:23

He did this by showing how glorious he is when he has pity on the people he has chosen to share in his glory.

1 Corinthians 10:19

Am I saying that either the idols or the food sacrificed to them is anything at all?

2 Corinthians 3:14

The people were stubborn, and something still keeps them from seeing the truth when the Law is read. Only Christ can take away the covering that keeps them from seeing.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

Ephesians 1:4

Before the world was created, God had Christ choose us to live with him and to be his holy and innocent and loving people.

Ephesians 4:18

Their minds are in the dark, and they are stubborn and ignorant and have missed out on the life that comes from God. They no longer have any feelings about what is right,

Philippians 1:18

But that doesn't matter. All that matters is that people are telling about Christ, whether they are sincere or not. That is what makes me glad. I will keep on being glad,

Hebrews 12:17

You know how he later wanted it back. But there was nothing he could do to change things, even though he begged his father and cried.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!