Romans 11:16

Now if the ‘firstfruit’ is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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In The King James Version

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

In Context

15For if their being rejected means reconciliation for the world, what will their restoration be but life from the dead?

17Now if some of the branches were broken off, while you, being a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them, and with them have become a partaker of the root and the rich sap of the cultivated olive,

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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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