Romans 11:32 : For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. This does not mean that God had shut up all, both Jews and Gentiles, under such conditions that they had to be disobedient, but that he counted all as disobedient; "for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin" (Romans 3:9) And for this reason he commands all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30-31). Christ came to save sinners, not to cause men to be sinners. People are not made sinners by hearing the gospel, but the gospel is preached to them because they are sinners. People are sinners, and they need to realize that they are under condemnation, that they may obtain God's mercy. In this verse Paul ends his argument on the theme that the gospel is the power of God for salvation.