¹⁶ For if ^(A)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. ¹⁷ And if ^(B)some of the branches were broken off, ^(C)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, ^18 (D)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁹ You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ Well said. Because of ^(E)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. ²² Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, ^[b]goodness, ^(F)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise ^(G)you also will be cut off. ²³ And they also, ^(H)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

²⁵ For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be ^(I)wise in your own ^[c]opinion, that ^(J)blindness in part has happened to Israel ^(K)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. ²⁶ And so all Israel will be ^[d]saved, as it is written:

^11 (A)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^(B)in that day, and they shall become ^(C)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^(D)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

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