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Romans 11:18
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16 For if athe firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.  
17 And if asome of the branches were broken off, band you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and1 fatness of the olive tree,  
18 ado 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 aunbelief 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,1 goodness, aif you continue in His goodness. Otherwise byou also will be cut off.  
23 And they also, aif 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 awise in your own opinion, that bblindness in part has happened to Israel cuntil the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.  
Verse Comparison: Romans 11:18

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American Standard Version
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

Amplified® Bible
Do not boast over the branches {and} pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast {and} feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.

Contemporary English Version
But don't think you are better than the branches that were cut away. Just remember that you are not supporting the roots of that tree. Its roots are supporting you.

Darby English Version
boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not *thou* bearest the root, but the root thee.

Good News Bible
So then, you must not despise those who were broken off like branches. How can you be proud? You are just a branch; you don't support the roots---the roots support you.

International Standard Version
do not boast about being better than the other branches. If you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

King James Version
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

New American Standard Bible
do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, {remember that} it is not you who supports the root, but the root {supports} you.

New International Version
do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

New King James Version
do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
do not show arrogance toward the branches; but if you show arrogance, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Young's Literal Translation
do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!


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