Romans 11:26

"For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,"

Key Reflection

Paul warns his readers not to become proud or self-righteous about their understanding of God’s plan for salvation. He explains that a temporary hardening has befallen some members of Israel, but this is necessary until the Gentiles are fully included in God’s redemptive work, highlighting the inclusive nature of God's salvific purpose.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 26. And so. That is, in this manner; or when the great abundance of the Gentiles shall be converted, then all Israel shall be saved. All Israel. All the Jews. It was a maxim among the Jews, that "every Israelite should have part in the future age." (Grotius.) The apostle applies that maxim to his own purpose; and declares the sense in which it would be true. He does not mean to say that every Jew of every age would be saved; for he had proved that a large portion of them would be, in his time, rejected and lost.

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