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Rom 11:12. Εἰ δὲ, Now if) This verse has two parts, the first is treated of, Rom 11:13, etc.: the latter, how much more, etc., Rom 11:23-24.-κόσμον-ἐθνῶν, of the world-of the Gentiles) The world denotes quality [in reference to the] παράπτωμα, the original fall [i.e., the fall of man in Adam]; the Gentiles, quantity, or, in other words, multitude, to which fewness [diminishing, Engl. Vers.], ἥττημα, is opposed; whence τὸ πλήρωμα [the fulness] signifies, presently after, the large numbers of Israel abounding in grace.-ἤττημα) the fewness, in opposition to πλήρωμα, fulness [abundance]. Isa 31:8, ἐσονται εἰς ἥττημα, [His young men shall become a mere handful; lit. a fewness].-πόσῳ μᾶλλον, how much more) for where there are many seeds, their increase is the greater.-τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῶν, their fulness, [abundance]; supply, will be the riches of the Gentiles. Therefore, even if the Jews had believed from the very first, the Gentiles would not have been excluded. The same word occurs in Rom 11:25.