SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:14
si en alguna manera provocase a celos a mi nacin, e hiciese salvos a algunos de ellos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 11:14
Verse 14. Might save some of them.] And yet all these were among the reprobate, or rejected; however, the apostle supposed that none of them were irrecoverably shut out from the Divine favour; and that some of them, by his preaching, might be disposed to receive salvation by Christ Jesus.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. If by any means I may provoke to emulation , etc..] What he had in view, even in discharging his office among the Gentiles with so much labour, assiduity, and indefatigableness, was, that if possible he might stir up the Jews to emulate and imitate the Gentiles, in seeking after Christ; for these he means when he says, them which are my flesh ; they being his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh, for it was common with the eastern nations to call such persons their flesh; (see Genesis 29:14 37:27 Isaiah 58:7); and carries in it a reason why he was so solicitous for their welfare, because of the relation of them to him, and the natural affection he bore towards them; and his hope was, that they seeing the nations of the earth blessed in the promised seed, through his preaching the Gospel to them, great gatherings of the people to Shiloh, and the Gentiles seeking to the root of Jesse, set up for an ensign to the people, might be provoked to an emulation of them; and likewise seek the Lord their God, and David their King, and thereby have his end he so much wished for and desired: and might save some of them ; he says some, not all, for he knew the bulk of the people was rejected, only a seed was left among them, a remnant according to the election of grace that should be saved, and which did obtain righteousness and life, while the rest were blinded. The ministers of the Gospel may be said to save souls, not efficiently, for the author or efficient cause of salvation is God only; the Father has chose unto it, the Son has effected it, and the Spirit applies it; but instrumentally, as the word preached by them is the means of regeneration, faith, and conversion, with which salvation is connected: and as they show unto men the way of salvation, and encourage souls to believe in Christ, in whom alone it is. Now the apostle argues from his office, and the usefulness of it, to some among the Jews, to saving purposes, to prove that their rejection was not total.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-21 - The gospel is the greatest riches of every place where it is. A therefore the righteous rejection of the unbelieving Jews, was the occasion of so large a multitude of the Gentiles being reconciled to God, and at peace with him; the future receiving of the Jews into the church would be such a change, as would resemble a general resurrectio of the dead in sin to a life of righteousness. Abraham was as the roo of the church. The Jews continued branches of this tree till, as nation, they rejected the Messiah; after that, their relation to Abraham and to God was, as it were, cut off. The Gentiles were grafte into this tree in their room; being admitted into the church of God Multitudes were made heirs of Abraham's faith, holiness an blessedness. It is the natural state of every one of us, to be wild by nature. Conversion is as the grafting in of wild branches into the goo olive. The wild olive was often ingrafted into the fruitful one when it began to decay, and this not only brought forth fruit, but caused the decaying olive to revive and flourish. The Gentiles, of free grace, ha been grafted in to share advantages. They ought therefore to beware of self-confidence, and every kind of pride or ambition; lest, having onl a dead faith, and an empty profession, they should turn from God, an forfeit their privileges. If we stand at all, it is by faith; we ar guilty and helpless in ourselves, and are to be humble, watchful afraid of self-deception, or of being overcome by temptation. Not onl are we at first justified by faith, but kept to the end in tha justified state by faith only; yet, by a faith which is not alone, but which worketh by love to God and man.
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
14. Some of them. A modest expression which recalls Paul's limited success among his own countrymen.
