If by any means I may provoke to envy them who are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Paul appears to be blaming the Gentiles and to be humbling their conceits, but he gives a gentle provocation to the Jews as well. He tries to veil their great ruin, but he cannot do so because the facts are too clear.