Romans 11:16-24

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ For if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole lump. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ And though some of the branches are broken off, and you (being a wild olive tree) were grafted in among them, and made a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,

¹⁸ do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

¹⁹ You will say then, “The branches have been broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

²⁰ Well said. Through unbelief they have been broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear.

²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

²² Behold, therefore, the kindness and severity of God - severity toward those who have fallen, but kindness toward you - if you continue in His kindness. Or else you shall also be cut off.

²³ And they also, if they do not still remain in unbelief, shall 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 shall those who are natural be grafted into their own olive tree?