Romans 11:26-28

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

²⁶And so^[a] all Israel^[b] will be saved, just as it has been written: “The One delivering will come^[c] from Zion, He will turn-away ungodliness from Jacob. ²⁷And this is the covenant from Me with them, when I take-away their sins” [Isa 59:20-21].

They Are Beloved To God

²⁸In relation to the good-news they^[d] are enemies [of God] for your sake— but in relation to the choosing^[e] of God they are beloved ones [of God] for the sake of the fathers.

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Footnotes

Romans 11:26 Or, in this manner, thus. That is, with the fullness of the Gentiles coming in, and the moving of Israel to jealousy (v 11) so that they believe (v 23) and are regrafted into their tree (v 24).
Romans 11:26 Paul may mean the nation as a whole, Israel in contrast to the remnant, the emphasis being on ‘all’ versus ‘in part’, ending the hardness in part. Or he may mean all individual true spiritual Israelites, the remnant in contrast with Israel, the emphasis being on ‘so, in this manner’. Alongside the continuing hardness in part, all true Israelites will believe.
Romans 11:26 Paul may be referring to the first coming, or to the second.
Romans 11:28 That is, the as yet unsaved Jews; or, the Jewish nation as a whole.
Romans 11:28 That is, God’s choosing them as His people.

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