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Romans 11:30

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

KJV

ὥσπερ γὰρ ὑμεῖς ποτε ἠπειθήσατε τῷ θεῷ, νῦν δὲ ἠλεήθητε τῇ τούτων ἀπειθείᾳ,

Greek NT

Sicut enim aliquando et vos non credidistis Deo, nunc autem misericordiam consecuti estis propter incredulitatem illorum :

Vulgate

For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

ASV

For as you also in times past did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy, through their unbelief:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποτέ
pote
particle · 29×
ἀπείθεια
apeitheia
noun · 6×
ἀπειθέω
apeitheo
verb · 14×
ἐλεέω
eleeo
verb · 31×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὥσπερ
osper
adverb · 36×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: γὰρ | RP: + καὶ
  • γὰρSBLGNT
  • γὰρWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1Cor 7:25 — Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
  • 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
  • Col 3:7 — In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
  • Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • Hos 2:23 — And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art m
  • Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • Rom 11:31 — Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
  • Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
  • Rom 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.