ROM 11:14 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. εἰ
2. ei
3. if
4. -
5. 14870
6. T·······
7. ¬if
8. ¬if
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110326
1. πώς
2. pōs
3. somehow
4. somehow
5. 44580
6. D·······
7. somehow
8. somehow
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110327
1. παραζηλώσω
2. parazēloō
3. I may make jealous
4. -
5. 38630
6. VSAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ make_jealous
8. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ make_jealous
9. -
10. Y60; R105120; Person=Paul
11. 110328
1. μού
2. egō
3. of me
4. my
5. 14730
6. R···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110329
1. τήν
2. ho
3. the
4. -
5. 35880
6. E····AFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110330
1. σάρκα
2. sarka
3. flesh
4. -
5. 45610
6. N····AFS
7. flesh
8. flesh
9. -
10. Y60; F110336; F110342
11. 110331
1. καί
2. kai
3. and
4. and
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110332
1. σώσω
2. sōzō
3. I may save
4. save
5. 49820
6. VSAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ save
8. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ save
9. -
10. Y60; R105120; Person=Paul
11. 110333
1. τινάς
2. tis
3. some
4. -
5. 51000
6. R····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110334
1. ἐξ
2. ek
3. from
4. -
5. 15370
6. P·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110335
1. αὐτῶν
2. autos
3. them
4. -
5. 8460
6. R···3GMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y60; R110331
11. 110336

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:11–24: Do not be arrogant toward Jews who do not believe in Jesus

In this section, Paul asked his readers if God has rejected the Jews forever. He answered his own question, indicating that God has not. At that time many Jews rejected Jesus as the Christ/Messiah. As a result, God made the message about Jesus known to people who were not Jews. But God will one day include the Jews and save them through Jesus too.

Paul then spoke directly to the believers who were not Jews. He said that he boasted about his ministry to the non-Jews so as to make the Jews jealous of the results of his ministry among the Gentiles. Then maybe some would be curious and begin believing in Jesus. When God accepts their faith in Jesus, it will be like they rose from the dead.

Paul then used some metaphors to illustrate his point that God has not rejected forever the Jews who, at that time, did not believe in Jesus as the Christ. He showed that if some Jews were holy, then all were, in the same way that a part of a batch of dough represents the whole batch. And the branches of a tree that is holy are themselves holy, even if they have been broken off to allow branches from a different tree to be joined into the trunk. He used the picture of the branches of that different tree to represent the believers who were not Jews.

He reminded the believers who were not Jews of God’s kindness toward them. He told them to always be mindful of that kindness rather than being proud of themselves. He warned them that God is able to do to them as he did to the Jews who do not believe in Jesus, if they became proud of themselves.

Here are other possible headings for this section:

Do not look down on Jews who have not accepted Jesus as the Christ

Many Gentiles believing in Jesus will make the Jews want that blessing too

11:14a

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy

In doing so, I make my kinsmen jealous in some way of what they have
in hope that what God is doing among the non-Jews would make my own people jealous. Then they would want that for themselves,

in the hope that: The Greek is literally “if somehow.” These words introduce something that Paul hoped would happen based on magnifying his ministry (11:13c), but he was not certain that it would happen. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

in order somehow (ESV)

Perhaps (NJB)

for I want somehow (NLT)

I may provoke my own people to jealousy: The phrase provoke…to jealousy refers to wanting something that someone else has, or being resentful of what someone else has. It implies here that the Jews will one day want the same relationship with God that the Christians have. See how you translated the words “to make…jealous” in 11:11.

my own people: The Greek is literally “my flesh.” But here it refers to people of the same ethnic group as Paul, the Jews.

11:14b

and save some of them.

and rescue some of them.
and I would save some of them.

and save some of them: There are two ways to interpret the Greek word that the BSB translates as and:

It indicates a sequence (first action then second action), as in the BSB. (BSB, NIV, KJV, NASB, GW, NET)
It indicates a reason-result connection. For example:
and so saving some of them (REB) (RSV, GNT, NJB, ESV, NABRE, REB, NLT, CEV, NCV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), because “make jealous” seems an odd reason for saving people.Moo, Longenecker, Dunn, Schreiner, and Jewett support interpretation (1). Cranfield and Barrett support interpretation (2) but do not explain their choice.

save: This word refers to being rescued from something harmful or dangerous. Here it refers to God rescuing people from going to hell for their sins. See how you translated this word in 5:9 or 10:9.

some of them: Here the word some has a general meaning. It does not mean “few” or “many.”

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

παραζηλώσω

˱I˲_˓may˒_make_jealous

See how you translated this phrase in [10:19](../10/19.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μου τὴν σάρκα & αὐτῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ πώς παραζηλώσω μού τήν σάρκα καί σώσω τινάς ἐξ αὐτῶν)

These phrases refer to Paul’s Jewish kinsmen who do not believe in Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [those unbelieving Jews, who are of my own flesh … my fellow Jews]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

μου τὴν σάρκα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἰ πώς παραζηλώσω μού τήν σάρκα καί σώσω τινάς ἐξ αὐτῶν)

See how you translated flesh in [1:3](../01/03.md).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. if
2. -
3. 14870
5. ei
6. T-·······
7. ¬if
8. ¬if
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110326
1. somehow
2. somehow
3. 44580
5. pōs
6. D-·······
7. somehow
8. somehow
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110327
1. I may make jealous
2. -
3. 38630
5. parazēloō
6. V-SAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ make_jealous
8. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ make_jealous
9. -
10. Y60; R105120; Person=Paul
11. 110328
1. of me
2. my
3. 14730
5. egō
6. R-···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110329
1. the
2. -
3. 35880
5. ho
6. E-····AFS
7. the
8. the
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110330
1. flesh
2. -
3. 45610
5. sarka
6. N-····AFS
7. flesh
8. flesh
9. -
10. Y60; F110336; F110342
11. 110331
1. and
2. and
3. 25320
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110332
1. I may save
2. save
3. 49820
5. sōzō
6. V-SAA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ save
8. ˱I˲ ˓may˒ save
9. -
10. Y60; R105120; Person=Paul
11. 110333
1. some
2. -
3. 51000
5. tis
6. R-····AMP
7. some
8. some
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110334
1. from
2. -
3. 15370
5. ek
6. P-·······
7. from
8. from
9. -
10. Y60
11. 110335
1. them
2. -
3. 8460
5. autos
6. R-···3GMP
7. them
8. them
9. -
10. Y60; R110331
11. 110336

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear ROM 11:14

SR Greek word order

Section 11:11–24: Do not be arrogant toward Jews who do not believe in Jesus

11:14a

11:14b

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)