Romans 11:21
for if God the natural branches did not spare — lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
In Context
20by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:12For thus said Jehovah: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And thou [art] he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest.
Romans 11:17And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become —
1 Corinthians 10:1And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
Jude 1:5and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;
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 →