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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
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American Standard Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
Christian Standard Bible
if I might somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.
English Standard Version
in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
New American Standard Bible
if somehow I may move my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
New International Version
in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
New King James Version
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.
New Living Translation
for I want somehow to make the people of Israel jealous of what you Gentiles have, so I might save some of them.
World English Bible
if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.