Romans 11:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ ·I hope […if somehow] I can make my own ·people [flesh] jealous and, in that way, help some of them to be saved. ¹⁵ [^LFor] If ·God’s rejection of Israel [^Ltheir loss/rejection] meant he ·became friends with [was reconciled to] the world, what will Israel’s acceptance mean? It will be like ·bringing the dead back to life [life from the dead].

¹⁶ If the ·first piece of bread is offered to God [^Lfirstfruits are holy; ^Cthe dough made from the first crops harvested], then the whole ·loaf [batch; ^Llump of dough] is made holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, then the tree’s branches are holy too [^Csince Abraham and the patriarchs were God’s chosen people, so were their Jewish descendants].