Romans 11:1

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So I ask, “Did God force his people to leave him?” Of course not. I myself am an Israelite. I am from the family of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are those people Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they from Abraham’s family? So am I.

1 Samuel 12:22

“But the Lord won’t leave his people. No, the Lord was pleased to make you his own people. So for his own good name, he won’t leave you.

Philippians 3:5

I was circumcised on the eighth day after my birth. I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Jew, and so were my parents. The law was very important to me. That is why I became a Pharisee.

Acts 26:4

“All the Jews know about my whole life. They know the way I lived from the beginning in my own country and later in Jerusalem.

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in the country of Cilicia. I grew up in this city. I was a student of Gamaliel, who carefully taught me everything about the law of our fathers. I was very serious about serving God, the same as all of you here today.

Hosea 9:17

Those people will not listen to my God, so he will refuse to listen to them. And they will wander among the nations without a home.

Psalm 94:14

The Lord will not leave his people. He will not leave them without help.

Romans 9:3

for my own people. They are my brothers and sisters, my earthly family. I wish I could help them. I would even have a curse on me and cut myself off from Christ if that would help them.

Romans 3:4

No, even if everyone else is a liar, God will always do what he says. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win when people accuse you.” Psalm 51:4

2 Kings 23:27

The Lord said, “I forced the Israelites to leave their land. I will do the same to Judah. I will take Judah out of my sight. I will not accept Jerusalem. Yes, I chose that city. I was talking about Jerusalem when I said, ‘My name will be there.’ But I will destroy the Temple that is in that place.”

Psalm 77:7

I wondered, “Has our Lord rejected us forever? Will he ever accept us again?

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.” When the people heard this story, they said, “This should never happen!”

Romans 11:11

So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to those who are not Jews. The purpose of this was to make the Jews jealous.