Romans 11:30-31 - Exposition

For as ye in times past believed not God , but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief (or, disobedience ): even so have these also now not believed (or, obeyed ) , that through your mercy ( i.e. the mercy shown to you ) they also may obtain mercy. The position of ἵνα after τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει has led commentators, ancient and modem, to connect τῷ ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει with the preceding ἠπείθησαν , and to try to hit upon a meaning in this connection. But the sense of the passage, as well as the parallalism of the preceding clause, favours the connection of the Authorized Version, as given above. (For a similar position of ἵνα , cf. 2 Corinthians 12:7 .)