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They also, if they don`t continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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Unbelief is the Only Barrier
Commentators unanimously state that Israel's separation was caused solely by unbelief. Therefore, the path for their restoration is equally clear: turning from unbelief to faith in the Messiah. Their standing, like that of the Gentiles, is conditional on faith, not ethnicity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they also. The Jews.
If they bide not, etc. If they do not continue in wilful obstinacy and rejection of the Messiah. …
If they continue not in their unbelief (εαν μη επιμενωσ τη απιστια). Third class condition with the same verb used in verse 22 of …
Paul now expands the figures of root and branches by setting forth the allegory of the olive tree. Actually, there are two trees, the cultivated ol…
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16th Century
Protestant
For God is able, etc. Unconvincing would this argument be to the profane; for although they may concede power to God, yet as they view it …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief The apostle suggests that the Jews also might be recovered and br…
Of all judgments, spiritual judgments are the most severe; of these the apostle is here speaking. The restoration of the Jews is, in the natural or…
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13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the fall of the Jews was both useful and reversible, the Apostle now forbids the Gentiles to boast against the Jews.
