Romans 11:13-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹³ Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. In view of the fact that I am an apostle to the Gentiles,^(A) I magnify my ministry, ¹⁴ if I can somehow make my own people^[a](B) jealous and save some of them.^{(C) 15} For if their rejection brings reconciliation^(D) to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?^{(E) 16} Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy,^(F) so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ Now if some of the branches were broken off,^(G) and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them^(H) and have come to share in the rich root^[b] of the cultivated olive tree, ¹⁸ do not brag that you are better than those branches. But if you do brag—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.^{(I) 19} Then you will say,^(J) “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith.^(K) Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.^(L)