Romans 11:18
do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
In Context
19Thou will therefore say, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.
Zechariah 8:20Thus says LORD of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, and the inhabitants of many cities.
Luke 18:9And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.
John 10:16And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.
Romans 4:16Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all
1 Corinthians 10:12Therefore let him who seems to stand take heed lest he fall.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →