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Romans 11:13–14

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For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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From verse 13

  1. Acts 9:15Rank 1 from verse 13
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    15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  2. 2 Timothy 1:11–12Rank 2 from verse 13
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    11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

    12For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

  3. 1 Timothy 2:7Rank 3 from verse 13
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    7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

  4. Ephesians 3:8Rank 4 from verse 13
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    8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  5. Galatians 1:16Rank 5 from verse 13
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    16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

From verse 14

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:16Rank 1 from verse 14
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    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

  2. 1 Timothy 4:16Rank 2 from verse 14
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    16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

  3. Romans 9:3Rank 3 from verse 14
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    3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

  4. Titus 3:5Rank 4 from verse 14
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    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  5. 1 Corinthians 1:21Rank 5 from verse 14
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    21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

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Romans 11:13

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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apostle

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One called and sent as an apostle of Jesus Christ, bearing a commission to preach and testify.

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Romans 11:14

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emulation

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Sense 1: Zeal, desire, or jealousy stirred by another. Sense 2: Envious rivalry.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

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14If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

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15For 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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