Romans 11:14
New International Version
in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

New Living Translation
for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have, so I might save some of them.

English Standard Version
in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.

Berean Standard Bible
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Berean Literal Bible
if at all I shall provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and shall save some of them.

King James Bible
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

New King James Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.

New American Standard Bible
if somehow I may move my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

NASB 1995
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

NASB 1977
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

Legacy Standard Bible
if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

Amplified Bible
in the hope of somehow making my fellow countrymen jealous [by stirring them up so that they will seek the truth] and perhaps save some of them.

Christian Standard Bible
if I might somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
if I can somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.

American Standard Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Contemporary English Version
I hope in this way to make some of my own people jealous enough to be saved.

English Revised Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Perhaps I can make my people jealous and save some of them.

Good News Translation
Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them.

International Standard Version
in the hope that I can make my people jealous and save some of them.

Majority Standard Bible
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

NET Bible
if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

New Heart English Bible
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
If by any means I may incite to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Weymouth New Testament
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.

World English Bible
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
if I will arouse my own flesh to jealousy by any means, and will save some of them,

Berean Literal Bible
if at all I shall provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and shall save some of them.

Young's Literal Translation
if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

Smith's Literal Translation
If in some way I might make jealous my flesh, and I might save some of them.)
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.

New American Bible
in order to make my race jealous and thus save some of them.

New Revised Standard Version
in order to make my own people jealous, and thus save some of them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But if I am able to make those who are my flesh zealous, I may thus save some of them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Perhaps I may make my kindred jealous, and I may save some of them.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
if, by any means, I may excite to jealousy those who are my flesh, and save some of them.

Godbey New Testament
if perchance I may provoke my flesh, and save some of them.

Haweis New Testament
if by any means I might provoke to jealousy my flesh, and save some of them.

Mace New Testament
if I could by any means excite the emulation of my dear countrymen, in order to save some.

Weymouth New Testament
trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them.

Worrell New Testament
if by any means I may excite to rivalry my flesh, and save some of them.

Worsley New Testament
I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Ingrafting of the Gentiles
13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?…

Cross References
Romans 10:19
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”

Romans 9:3
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Acts 28:24-28
Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe. / They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: / ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” ...

1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 15:28-32
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. / But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. / But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ ...

2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Philippians 3:18-19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. / Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

Isaiah 65:1-2
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ / All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Isaiah 49:5-6
And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength— / He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”


Treasury of Scripture

If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

by.

1 Corinthians 7:16
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Corinthians 9:20-22
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; …

2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

provoke.

Romans 11:11
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.

my.

Romans 9:3
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

might.

1 Corinthians 7:16
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

1 Timothy 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

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Romans 11
1. God has not cast off all Israel.
7. Some were elected, though the rest were hardened.
16. There is hope of their conversion.
18. The Gentiles may not exult over them;
26. for there is a promise of their salvation.
33. God's judgments are unsearchable.














in the hope
The phrase "in the hope" reflects the Apostle Paul's deep-seated desire and expectation. The Greek word used here is "ἐλπίς" (elpis), which conveys not just a wishful thinking but a confident expectation rooted in faith. Paul’s hope is not baseless; it is anchored in the promises of God and the power of the Gospel. This hope is a driving force behind his ministry, demonstrating a forward-looking faith that trusts in God's redemptive plan.

that I may provoke
The word "provoke" comes from the Greek "παραζηλόω" (parazeloo), which means to incite or stimulate. Paul uses this term to describe his strategy of stirring a reaction among his fellow Jews. Historically, this reflects a common rabbinic technique of using the success of others to inspire a sense of holy jealousy, leading to a return to God. Paul’s intention is not to incite negative emotions but to awaken a spiritual longing and recognition of the blessings found in Christ.

my own people
"My own people" refers to the Jewish people, Paul's kinsmen according to the flesh. This phrase underscores Paul's deep personal connection and love for the Jewish nation. Despite their rejection of the Messiah, Paul never disowns his heritage. Historically, the Jews were God's chosen people, recipients of the covenants and the Law. Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles is not a rejection of his people but a means to bring them back to the truth.

to jealousy
The concept of "jealousy" here is not about envy in a sinful sense but a zeal or fervent desire to reclaim what was lost. In the Old Testament, God often used the blessings of other nations to provoke Israel to return to Him. Paul hopes that by witnessing the Gentiles' acceptance of the Gospel and the blessings that follow, the Jews will be moved to reconsider their stance on Jesus as the Messiah.

and save
The word "save" is derived from the Greek "σῴζω" (sozo), meaning to rescue or deliver. Salvation is a central theme in Paul's writings, emphasizing deliverance from sin and reconciliation with God. Paul’s ultimate goal is the salvation of his people, aligning with God’s overarching plan of redemption. This reflects the heart of the Gospel message, which is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

some of them
"Some of them" indicates Paul's realistic understanding of his mission. While he desires the salvation of all Israel, he acknowledges that not all will respond. This phrase highlights the remnant theology present throughout Scripture, where God preserves a faithful group within a larger unfaithful community. It also reflects the personal nature of salvation, which requires individual acceptance and faith in Christ.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
in the hope that
εἴ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I may provoke
παραζηλώσω (parazēlōsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3863: To make jealous, provoke to jealously, provoke to anger. From para and zeloo; to stimulate alongside, i.e. Excite to rivalry.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

[own]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people {to jealousy}
σάρκα (sarka)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4561: Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

save
σώσω (sōsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4982: To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.

some
τινὰς (tinas)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of
ἐξ (ex)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

them.
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


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