Romans 11:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 11:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 11:28 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 11:28 — KJV
“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.”
— Romans 11:28 (KJV)
Romans 11:28 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 11:28
“And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:28: enemies, fathers
“So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:28: concerning, fathers
“And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:28: enemies, fathers
“And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:28: sakes, fathers
“And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:”
Shares key themes with Romans 11:28: enemies, fathers
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