12. But if their failure brings riches to the world, and their defeat brings riches to the Gentiles, how much more will come from the completion of their number!
13. I’m speaking to you Gentiles. Considering that I’m an apostle to the Gentiles, I publicize my own ministry
14. in the hope that somehow I might make my own people jealous and save some of them.
15. If their rejection has brought about a close relationship between God and the world, how can their acceptance mean anything less than life from the dead?
16. But if part of a batch of dough is offered to God as holy, the whole batch of dough is holy too. If a root is holy, the branches will be holy too.