Romans 11:13-14

Here Paul applied what he had said earlier to his own ministry. By evangelizing Gentiles Paul was causing more Jews to become jealous of God’s blessings on Gentile converts. He was thereby playing a part in bringing some Jews to faith.

"The Gentiles are not saved merely for their own sake, but for the sake of God’s election of Israel." [Note: James Daane, The Freedom of God, p. 145.]

"However strange it may sound, the way to salvation of Israel is by the mission to the Gentiles." [Note: Johannes Munck, Paul and the Salvation of Mankind, p. 301.]