Romans 11:16

For if the first-fruits be holy, (so) also (will be) the mass; and if the root be holy, (so) also the branches.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 rejection was the reconciliation of the world, what (will) their conversion (be) but life from the dead?

17And if the branches were cut off, and thou who art a wild olive art engrafted in their place, and hast a participation of the root and fatness of the 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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