Study it in the app“For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in your own estimation: that a hardening in part has come upon Israel until the fullness of the nations has come in;”
ForγὰρI do notΟὐwantθέλωyouὑμᾶςto be unaware,ἀγνοεῖνbrothers,ἀδελφοίof thisτοῦτοmystery,τὸ μυστήριονso thatἵναyou may notμὴbeἦτεwiseφρόνιμοιin your own estimation:ἑαυτοῖςthatὅτιa hardeningπώρωσιςinἀπὸpartμέρουςhas comeγέγονενupon Israelτῷ Ἰσραὴλuntilἄχρι οὗthe fullnessτὸ πλήρωμαof the nationsτῶν ἐθνῶνhas come in;εἰσέλθῃ
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appearsnot know
To lack knowledge, or act in the dark.
Where else “agnoein” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearsmystery
Mystery: what was hidden and God makes known.
Where else “mystērion” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēte” appearswise, sensible
Sensible, prudent, practically wise; "wise in your own eyes", self-satisfied.
Where else “phronimoi” appearshardening
Hardness, hardening (of the heart).
Where else “pōrōsis” appearspart
A piece of a whole, or what falls to each one.
Where else “merous” appearscome
To reach a place, or fall upon someone.
Where else “gegonen” appearsIsrael
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
Where else “Israēl” appearsuntil
Until; as far as.
Where else “achri” appearsfullness
Everything that fills something completely.
Where else “plērōma” appearsGentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appearscome into
To enter something new: the kingdom, life, temptation.
Where else “eiselthēi” appears24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 · This verse (above)
26and so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
1. What it says
What image of the olive tree does Paul use, and what happens to the branches? (vv. 17-24)
2. What it means
Why does Paul warn the grafted-in branches not to boast? (vv. 18-21)
3. How I live it
Paul calls for humility and gratitude. What have you received that you did not earn, and how can you give thanks today?
