Romans 11:18
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
Young's Literal Translation
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
19Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!
Cross References
1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].'
Zechariah 8:20Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,
Luke 18:9And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
John 10:16and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd.
Romans 4:16Because of this [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which [is] of the law only, but also to that which [is] of the faith of Abraham,
1 Corinthians 10:12so that he who is thinking to stand — let him observe, lest 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 →