Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear.

22Behold now the benignity and the severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but on thee, benignity, if thou continuest in that benignity; and if not, thou also wilt be plucked off.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;

1 Corinthians 10:1And, my Brethren, I would have you know, that our fathers were all of them under the cloud, and they all passed through the sea;

Jude 1:5And I wish to remind you, though ye all know it, that God, after once rescuing the people from Egypt, again destroyed them who believed 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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