Romans 11:21

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Well; because of their want of faith they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not high-minded, but fear;

22Behold then the goodness and severity of God; toward those who fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in among them, and became a partaker with them of the root and the fatness of the olive-tree;

1 Corinthians 10:1FOR I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Jude 1:5But I wish to remind you, as once knowing all, that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward 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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