Romans 11:18

Do not boast + 11:18 Ro 4:2 over the ana'fim. If you do boast, it is not the case that you sustain the shoresh, but the shoresh sustains you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

17But if some of the ana'fim have been broken off, and you, a wild olive, have been grafted among them and have become sharer in the richness of the olive treeʼs root,

19You will say, then, “Ana'fim were broken off in order that I might be grafted in.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:11And the Melech Yisroel answered and said, Tell him, Let not khoger (one girding on) + 20:11 his battle armor boast himself as he that taketh off.

Zechariah 8:20Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 It shall yet come to pass, 1 that there shall come amim (nations), 1 and the inhabitants of many cities; 1

Luke 18:9And he said this mashal also to some, who have become soimech (confident, putting their trust and being dependent) on themselves that they are tzaddikim and who are despising others. + 18:9 Isa 65:5

John 10:16And another tzon I have which is not of this mikhla (fold); + 10:16 enclosure those also it is necessary for me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and they will become eder echad with Ro'eh echad (One flock with one Shepherd). + 10:16 Isa 56:8; Ezek 34:23; 37:24

Romans 4:16For this reason the havtachah (promise) is of emunah (faith), in order that it might be in accordance with unmerited Chen v'Chesed Hashem, that the havtachah might be certain to all the zera (seed), not to him who is of the Torah only, but also to bnei emunat Avraham (the sons of the faith of Avraham Avinu, to those who are of the faith of Abraham). Avraham Avinu is the father of us all,

1 Corinthians 10:12So then the one that presupposes that he stands, let him take care 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 →

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