9 And David says:“May they be caught and trapped at their feasts;may they fall, may they be punished!
10 May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see;and make them bend under their troubles at all times.”
11 I ask, then: when the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them.
12 The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world, and their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the Gentiles. Then, how much greater the blessings will be when the complete number of Jews is included!
13 I am speaking now to you Gentiles: as long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I will take pride in my work.
14 Perhaps I can make the people of my own race jealous, and so be able to save some of them.
15 For when they were rejected, the human race was changed from God's enemies into his friends. What will it be, then, when they are accepted? It will be life for the dead!