Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, lest he spare not you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

In Context

20Well; on account of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.

22Behold, then, the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell; severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise, you also shall be cut off.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, have been grafted in among them, and partake with them of the root and fatness of the olive,

1 Corinthians 10:1Now, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and that all passed through the sea,

Jude 1:5But I wish to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people from the land of Egypt, then destroyed those who believed not.

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 →

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