Romans 11:1

The Passion Translation

So then I ask you this question: did God really push aside and reject his people? Absolutely not! For I myself am a Jew, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Cross References

Psalm 77:7

Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God? Won’t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?

Psalm 94:14

For the Lord will never walk away from his cherished ones, nor would he forsake his chosen ones who belong to him.

Luke 20:16

He will come back and destroy them and give his vineyard to another.” When the people heard this story, they all agreed, “This should never happen!”

Acts 22:3

Then Paul said, “I am a Jewish man who was born in Tarsus, a city of Turkey. However, I grew up in this city and was properly trained in the Mosaic law and tutored by Rabbi Gamaliel according to our ancestral customs. I’ve been extremely passionate in my desire to please God, just as all of you are today.

Acts 26:4

“All the Jews know how I have been raised as a young man, living among my own people from the beginning and in Jerusalem.

Romans 11:11

So, am I saying that Israel stumbled so badly that they will never get back up? Certainly not! Rather, it was because of their stumble that salvation now extends to all the non-Jewish people, in order to make Israel jealous and desire the very things that God has freely given them.

Romans 3:4

Absolutely not! God will always be proven faithful and true to his word, while people are proven to be liars. This will fulfill what was written in the Scriptures: Your words will always be vindicated and you will rise victorious when you are being tried by your critics!

Romans 9:3

For my grief is so intense that I wish that I would be accursed, cut off from the Messiah, if it would mean that you, my people, would come to faith in him! You are Israelites, my fellow citizens, and God’s chosen people. To you belong God’s glorious presence, the covenants, the Torah, the temple with its required sacrifices, and the promises of God.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are these “super-apostles” of yours Hebrews? I am too. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me too!

Philippians 3:5

I was born a true Hebrew of the heritage of Israel as the son of a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin. I was circumcised eight days after my birth and was raised in the strict tradition of Orthodox Judaism, living a separated and devout life as a Pharisee.