“For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.” -Romans 11:15–16
Paul is arguing that God’s rejection of the Jews provoked reconciliation of the world, the inclusion of Ge…
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