Romans 11:18

boast not against the branches: but if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root beareth thee.

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

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

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,

19And perhaps thou wilt say, The branches were cut off, and I in their place am engrafted:

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Cross References

Luke 18:9And he spake this parable against some who trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised all (men):

John 10:16But I have other sheep also which are not of this fold; and these also it behoveth me to bring, and they will hear my voice, and all shall become one flock and one shepherd.

Romans 4:16Therefore it is by faith, which is through grace, that we are justified, that the promise might be firm unto all his seed; not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:

1 Corinthians 10:12Whoever then thinketh he standeth, let him beware that he fall not.

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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