Rom 11:19. Ἵνα, in order that) This particle expresses the chief force of the boasting [of the Gentiles]; but in opposition to this boasting compare the, for your sakes, Rom 11:28, and τῷ, Rom 11:31 [sc. ὑμετέρῳ ἐλέει, they disobeyed to the end that through the mercy showed to you they might obtain mercy.]