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Romans 11:15

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

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ASV

For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

KJV

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εἰeiIfG1487 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἀποβολὴapobolērejectionG580 →
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846 →
καταλλαγὴkatallagē[is the] reconciliationG2643 →
κόσμου,kosmouof [the] world,G2889 →
τίςtiswhat [will be]G5101 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
πρόσλημψιςproslēmpsisacceptanceG4356 →
εἰeionlyG1487 →
μὴmēexceptG3361 →
ζωὴzōēlifeG2222 →
ἐκekout fromG1537 →
νεκρῶν;nekrōn[the] dead?G3498 →

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Daniel 12:12Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.Romans 11:12But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!Romans 5:10–11For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.Romans 11:11–12I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.2 Corinthians 5:18–20All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:Colossians 1:20–21and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.Ezekiel 37:28Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”Romans 11:31so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.Revelation 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.Ezekiel 37:1–14The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

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