Romans 11:16-24

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ Now if the firstfruits are holy,^(A) 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,^(B) and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them^(C) and have come to share in the rich root^[a] of the cultivated olive tree, ¹⁸ do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.^{(D) 19} Then you will say,^(E) “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith.^(F) Do not be arrogant, but beware,^{[b](G) 21} because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. ²² Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness^(H) toward you—if you remain in his kindness.^(I) Otherwise you too will be cut off.^{(J) 23} And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief,^(K) will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you were cut off from your native wild olive tree and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these—the natural branches—be grafted into their own olive tree?