Romans 11:16
If the firstfruits are reserved, so is the lump of dough. If the root is reserved, so are the branches.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you, throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Exodus 23:16You must observe the Festival of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors when you sowed seed in the fields. Also you must observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the fields.
Leviticus 23:10“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you have come into the land that I will give you, and when you reap its harvest, then you must bring a bundle of the firstfruit of the grain to the priest.
Deuteronomy 18:4The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you must give him.
Nehemiah 10:35We promised to bring to the house of Yahweh the firstfruits grown from our soil, and the firstfruits of every tree each year.
Jeremiah 2:21I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed. 1 How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine? 1
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 →