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17 Now if some of the branches were broken-off [a] and you[b], being a wild-olive-tree, were grafted-in among them and became a co-partner[c] of the root, of the fatness[d] of the olive tree, 18 do not be vaunting[e] over the branches. But if you vaunt, [remember] you are not carrying the root, but the root you.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:17 That is, unbelieving physical Israel was pruned from spiritual Israel.
  2. Romans 11:17 In v 17-24 ‘you’ is singular, referring to a single Gentile as a representative. In v 25 ‘you’ is plural again.
  3. Romans 11:17 Or, joint-sharer, co-participant.
  4. Romans 11:17 Or, richness, wealth.
  5. Romans 11:18 Or, gloating.

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