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14 if somehow I might provoke to jealousy my own flesh and blood[a] and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

16 If the firstfruit is holy, so is the whole batch of dough;[b] and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:14 Lit. my flesh; my fellow countrymen.
  2. Romans 11:16 cf. Num. 15:21; Neh. 10:37; Ezek. 44:30.

14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(A) and save(B) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(C) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(D) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(E) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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