Romans 11:22
See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39"See now that I, even I, am he,There is no god with me.I kill, and I make alive.I wound, and I heal.There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
Psalms 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
Psalms 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea;for his loving kindness endures forever:
Ezekiel 3:20"Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:17"Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal': but as for them, their way is not equal.
Luke 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
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 →