Romans 11:18
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
World English Bible British
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
19You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armour brag like he who takes it off.’”
Zechariah 8:20The LORD of Armies says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.
Luke 18:9He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others:
John 10:16I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
Romans 4:16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, 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 10:12Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t 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 →