And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; Truth to Learn Our God and Savior is deserving of all praise and glory. Behind the Words “Saved” is translated from sōdzō, meaning...
Romans 11:25 – The Wondrous Mystery
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you should think yourselves to be wise, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Truth to Learn God has secrets (mysteries) and He reveals them to...
Romans 11:24 – Comfort or Zeal?
For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a good olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? Truth to Learn Time is running out to...
Romans 11:23 – The Returning Remnant
And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Truth to Learn The Jews will return to faith in Jehovah and His Messiah. Behind the Words The word translated “continue” in both the previous verse...
Romans 11:22 – Goodness and Severity
Therefore consider the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, kindness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Truth to Learn God demonstrates both His goodness and His severity! Behind the Words “Kindness” is translated from the...
Romans 11:21 – The Almighty Gardner
For if God did not spare the natural branches, Neither will He spare you. Truth to Learn God rejected the Jewish people because they refused to believe that Jesus was their Messiah. Since He was willing to do this, He is just as willing to reject Gentiles in the future...
Romans 11:20 – Faith and Fear
Well said. In unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear. Truth to Learn Salvation should not produce pride, but reverential fear. Behind the Words “Well said” is translated from the Greek word kalōs, meaning “well, justly, or aptly.” It is...
Romans 11:19 – Pride or Humility
You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in." Truth to Learn When we read Scripture we need to receive God’s truth in humility, being careful not to filter it through our pride. Behind the Words The words “You will say” are from ereō,...
Romans 11:18 – No Proud Branches
do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, notice that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Truth to Learn We should not boast about ourselves or our position, because it is God who is responsible for who and what we are. ...
Romans 11:17 – God’s Holy Fruit
And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, Truth to Learn God works contrary to the natural ways of man to produce fruit which...