Romans 11:18
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 wilt say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
Zechariah 8:20Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come, and dwell in many cities,
Luke 18:9And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:
John 10:16And other sheep I have, that are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
Romans 4:16Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, let him 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 →