The Lord my Master says, “I don’t want bad people to die. I want them to change their lives so they can live!
Romans 11:11 - Easy To Read Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous. American Standard Version (1901) I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. Common English Bible So I’m asking you: They haven’t stumbled so that they’ve fallen permanently, have they? Absolutely not! But salvation has come to the Gentiles by their failure, in order to make Israel jealous. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I say then, have they so stumbled, that they should fall? God forbid. But by their offence, salvation is come to the Gentiles, that they may be emulous of them. |
The Lord my Master says, “I don’t want bad people to die. I want them to change their lives so they can live!
“You must say to them, ‘The Lord my Master says: On my life, I promise, I don’t enjoy seeing people die—not even evil people! I don’t want them to die. I want those evil people to come back to me. I want them to change their lives so they can really live! So come back to me! Stop doing bad things! Why must you die, family of Israel?’
He will come and kill those farmers! Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.”
While Paul and Barnabas were leaving \{the synagogue {\cf2\super [273]} \}, the people asked Paul and Barnabas to \{come again\} on the next Sabbath day {\cf2\super [274]} and tell them more about these things.
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!”
Again I ask, “Did the people of Israel {\cf2\super [112]} not understand?” Yes, they did understand. First, Moses says this \{for God\}:
So I ask, “Did God throw out his people?” No! I myself am an Israelite (Jew). I am from the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [114]} from the family group of Benjamin.
The Jews’ mistake brought rich blessings for the world. And what the Jews lost brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will get much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.
I hope I can make my own people (the Jews) jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.
And now the Jews refuse to obey, because God showed mercy to you. But this happened so that they can also receive mercy from God.