Romans 11:16

Moreover, if the origin-off/away-from/initial-principle/initial-element [is] holy, also the mix/knead-effect, and if the root [is] holy, also the branches.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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 the cast-off/away of{same} [is] alteration-according-to/reconciliation of{[the] world}, who[?] the take-toward-sis[i.e. state of taking toward], if not being-alive[noun] out of{dead}[?]

17Moreover, if some of{the branches} are-broken-out, moreover you being wild-olive are-grafted-in in to{same} and become in-common/partner-together of{the root} and of{the opulence} 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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