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Romans 11:14

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Thomas Aquinas

Hence he adds: if, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, i.e., the Jews, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh (Rom 9:3): do not despise your own flesh (Isa 58:7). And that they may emulate by good emulation, as is said in 1 Corinthians: emulate the better gifts (1 Cor 12:31). And in this way I may save some of them, namely, of the Jews: not seeking my own advantage but that of many, that they may be saved (1 Cor 10:33). …

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