11:11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, 6 did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel 7 jealous.
1 tc ‡ Most
2 tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
3 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
4 tn The words “I serve” have been repeated here for clarity.
5 tn Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if children, then heirs – that is, heirs of God. Also fellow heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.” Such a translation suggests two distinct inheritances, one coming to all of God’s children, the other coming only to those who suffer with Christ. The difficulty of this view, however, is that it ignores the correlative conjunctions μέν…δέ (men…de, “on the one hand…on the other hand”): The construction strongly suggests that the inheritances cannot be separated since both explain “then heirs.” For this reason, the preferred translation puts this explanation in parentheses.
6 tn Grk “that they might fall.”
7 tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.