Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

In Context

20Beautifully; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith, Think not high things, but fear.

22Then behold the goodness and severity of God: upon those who fell indeed, severity; but upon you the goodness of God, if you may abide in his goodness: since you too may be cut off.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17And if certain ones of the branches were broken off, and you being a wild olive-tree are grafted in among them, and have become a partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive-tree;

1 Corinthians 10:1For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Jude 1:5But I wish you to remember, once having known all these things, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, destroyed them that believed riot, the second time:

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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