17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(A) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(B) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,

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17 But if (A)some of the branches were broken off, and you, (B)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[a] of the olive tree,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness

17 But if some of the (A)branches were broken off, and (B)you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the [a]rich root of the olive tree,

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  1. Romans 11:17 Lit root of the fatness

17 And if (A)some of the branches were broken off, (B)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [a]fatness of the olive tree,

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  1. Romans 11:17 richness

16-18 Behind and underneath all this there is a holy, God-planted, God-tended root. If the primary root of the tree is holy, there’s bound to be some holy fruit. Some of the tree’s branches were pruned and you wild olive shoots were grafted in. Yet the fact that you are now fed by that rich and holy root gives you no cause to gloat over the pruned branches. Remember, you aren’t feeding the root; the root is feeding you.

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