Romans 11:18

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Summary

Romans 11:18

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

Boast not

1 Corinthians 10:12

Thou bearest

Ephesians 2:19

General references

Romans 11:24

Bible References

Boast not

Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

Then the king of Israel replied, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.’”

Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.”

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

Thou bearest

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to

those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,

General references

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?