“If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.”
in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. — The strategy is deliberately provocative: by highlighting Gentile inclusion, Paul seeks to stir Israel to jealousy (parazēloō, as in v. 11), hoping this will move some Israelites toward faith. Salvation of some (tinas) is the immediate hope; universal salvation the ultimate vision.
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