Romans 11:28

Easy To Read Version

The Jews refuse to accept the Good News, {\cf2\super [128]} so they are God’s enemies. This has happened to help you non-Jews. But the Jews are still God’s chosen people. So God loves them very much. God loves them because of \{the promises he made to\} their fathers.

Cross References

Genesis 26:4

I will make your family as many as the stars of heaven. And I will give all these lands to your family. Through your descendants, [152] every nation on earth will be blessed.

Genesis 28:14

You will have many, many descendants. [163] They will be as many as the pieces of dust on earth. They will spread east and west, north and south. All the families on earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.

Jeremiah 31:3

From far away, the Lord\par will appear to his people.\par

Micah 7:20

\{God,\} please be true to Jacob, {\cf2\super [82]} \par Be kind and loyal to Abraham, {\cf2\super [83]} \par like you promised our ancestors {\cf2\super [84]} \par a long time ago.\par

Matthew 21:43

“So I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you. God’s kingdom will be given to people that do the things God wants in his kingdom.

Luke 1:54

God has helped Israel—the people he chose\par to serve him.\par He did not forget his promise to give us his mercy.\par

Acts 14:2

But some of the Jews did not believe. These Jews excited the non-Jewish people and made them think bad things about the brothers (believers).

Acts 18:6

But the Jews there would not accept Paul’s teaching. They said some very bad things. So Paul shook off the dust from his clothes. {\cf2\super [363]} He said to the Jews, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go only to non-Jewish people!”

Romans 11:11

So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to the non-Jews. This happened to make the Jews jealous.

Romans 11:30

At one time you refused to obey God. But now you have received mercy, because those people (the Jews) refused to obey.

Romans 11:7

So this is what has happened: The people of Israel (the Jews) tried \{to be right with God\}. But they did not succeed. But the people God chose did \{become right with him\}. The other people became hard and refused to listen to God.

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 9:5

Those people are the descendants {\cf2\super [74]} of our great fathers. {\cf2\super [75]} And they are the earthly family of Christ. Christ is God over all things. Praise him forever! {\cf2\super [76]} Amen.

Deuteronomy 10:15

The Lord loved your ancestors [61] very much. He loved them so much that he chose you, their descendants, [62] to be his people. He chose you instead of any other nation. And you are still his chosen people today.

Deuteronomy 4:31

The Lord your God is a merciful God! He will not leave you there. He will not destroy you completely. He will not forget the Agreement that he made with your ancestors. [19]

Deuteronomy 8:18

Remember the Lord your God. Remember that he is the One who gives you power to do those things! Why does the Lord do this? Because he wants to keep the Agreement that he made with your ancestors [55] —just like he is doing today!

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors [57] —Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.