Catholic Public Domain Version
"in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them. "
— Romans 11:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.”
“if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them. ”
“if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.”
“if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.”
“If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh and may save some of them.”
“If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.”
“If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.”
Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.
Now if their offense is the riches of the world, and if their diminution is the riches of the Gentiles, how much more is their fullness?
For I say to you Gentiles: Certainly, as long as I am an Apostle to the Gentiles, I will honor my ministry,
in such a way that I might provoke to rivalry those who are my own flesh, and so that I may save some of them.
For if their loss is for the reconciliation of the world, what could their return be for, except life out of death?
For if the first-fruit has been sanctified, so also has the whole. And if the root is holy, so also are the branches.
And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,