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Theodoret of Cyrus, on Rom 11:14
Theodoret of Cyrus · c. A.D. 393–457
Rom 11:14 · Douay-Rheims
“If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.”
On this verse:
“Paul evangelized the Gentiles of necessity, addressing himself to them and showing that the prophets had predicted this many centuries before. His aim was to make the Jews jealous and thus encourage some of them to come to salvation also.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.