Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, neither would He spare thee.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Well; they were broken off for their infidelity, and thou standest by faith: therefore be not high-minded but fear.

22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: towards them that fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness; if thou continue in his goodness: for else thou also shalt be cut off.

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Cross References

Romans 11:17But 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:

1 Corinthians 10:1Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

Jude 1:5But I would remind you of this, which ye know already, that though the Lord saved the people out of the land of Egypt, yet He afterwards destroyed those that 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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