Romans 11:28 Cross References
Romans 11:28
28: Many of the Jews are now enemies of the Good News. But this has been to your benefit, for God has given his gifts to you Gentiles. Yet the Jews are still his chosen people because of his promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 10:15
- Yet the LORD chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above every other nation, as is evident today.
Luke 1:68
- "Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited his people and redeemed them.
- He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David,
- just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.
- Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us.
- He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant with them,
Romans 9:5
- Their ancestors were great people of God, and Christ himself was a Jew as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
- For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
- by trying to keep us from preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, for fear some might be saved. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
Matthew 21:43
- What I mean is that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.
Psalms 105:8
- He always stands by his covenant--the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
- This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.
- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to the people of Israel as a never-ending treaty:
- "I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession."
Leviticus 26:40
- "But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
- Finally, when I have given full expression to my hostility and have brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their disobedient hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.
- Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, with Isaac, and with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
Romans 11:11
- Did God's people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! His purpose was to make his salvation available to the Gentiles, and then the Jews would be jealous and want it for themselves.
Romans 11:7
- So this is the situation: Most of the Jews have not found the favor of God they are looking for so earnestly. A few have--the ones God has chosen--but the rest were made unresponsive.
Acts 13:45
- But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were jealous; so they slandered Paul and argued against whatever he said.
- Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
Deuteronomy 9:5
- It is not at all because you are such righteous, upright people that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he had sworn to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Genesis 26:4
- I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Deuteronomy 8:18
- Always remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill the covenant he made with your ancestors.
Romans 5:10
- For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.
Deuteronomy 7:7
- "The LORD did not choose you and lavish his love on you because you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
- It was simply because the LORD loves you, and because he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the LORD rescued you with such amazing power from your slavery under Pharaoh in Egypt.
Isaiah 41:8
- "But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from my friend Abraham,
- I have called you back from the ends of the earth so you can serve me. For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.
Luke 1:54
- And how he has helped his servant Israel! He has not forgotten his promise to be merciful.
Romans 11:30
- Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the Jews refused his mercy, God was merciful to you instead.
Jeremiah 31:3
- Long ago the LORD said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
Micah 7:20
- You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised with an oath to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
Deuteronomy 4:31
- For the LORD your God is merciful--he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
Genesis 28:14
- Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will cover the land from east to west and from north to south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Acts 18:6
- But when the Jews opposed him and insulted him, Paul shook the dust from his robe and said, "Your blood be upon your own heads--I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
Acts 14:2
- But the Jews who spurned God's message stirred up distrust among the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas, saying all sorts of evil things about them.