Romans 11:18

beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

19"Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."

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Cross References

Luke 18:9And to some who relied on themselves as being righteous men, and looked down upon all others, He addressed this parable.

John 10:16I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.

Romans 4:16All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,

1 Corinthians 10:12So then let him who thinks he is standing securely beware of falling.

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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