Romans 11:36

For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.* Amen. 1 Some ancient manuscripts insert at this point the relative clause whom He foreknew , making it coterminous with v. 2 3 Quoted from 1 Kings 19:10, 14 4 Greek But what was the divine answer spoken to him? 4 Quoted from 1 Kings 19:18 6 Some ancient manuscripts insert at the end of the verse a hypothetical-contrastive sentence that stresses antithesis: But if it is by works, it is no longer by grace; otherwise work is no longer work 8 Greek until the today day 8 Quoted from Deut. 29:4; Is. 29:10 9-10 Quoted from Ps. 69:22-23 11 The reading in the Greek text is a verb phrase ellipsis, given as: May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation to the Gentiles, so as to provoke them to jealousy 12 The Greek text uses a semantic ellipsis: Now if their trespass, riches for the world, and their failure, riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness? 14 Greek the flesh of me 15 The Greek text uses a semantic ellipsis: For if their rejection, reconciliation for the world, what the acceptance be, but life from the dead? 16 Greek firstfruit 18 The imperative clause consider the fact that is contextually supplied to the text for clarification 22 Greek the. Here, the Greek definite article assumes a pronominal role, contextually equivalent to the English possessive pronoun His 23 Greek the. Here, the Greek definite article assumes a pronominal role, contextually equivalent to the English possessive pronoun their 24 Greek by nature 25 Greek that you may not be wise in yourselves 26-27 Quoted from Is. 59:20-21; cf. Is. 27:9; Jer. 31:33-34 34 Quoted from Is. 40:13 35 Quoted from Job 41:11 36 Greek to the ages