Romans 11:18

and if thou boastest, remember thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

17But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:

19Wilt thou say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in?

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Cross References

Luke 18:9And He spake also this parable to some that trusted in themselves as being righteous, and despised others.

John 10:16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they will hear my voice; so there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Romans 4:16And therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, that so the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

1 Corinthians 10:12Wherefore let him, that thinks he standeth, take heed least he fall.

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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