Romans 11:5 Cross References
Romans 11:5
5: It is the same today, for not all the Jews have turned away from God. A few are being saved as a result of God's kindness in choosing them.
Romans 9:27
- Concerning Israel, Isaiah the prophet cried out, "Though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a small number will be saved.
Ephesians 1:5
- His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.
- So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son.
Romans 9:11
- But before they were born, before they had done anything good or bad, she received a message from God. (This message proves that God chooses according to his own plan,
Romans 11:28
- 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.
Romans 11:6
- And if they are saved by God's kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God's wonderful kindness would not be what it really is--free and undeserved.
- 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.