Romans 11:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?

By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.

The king of Israel answered, “Say this: ‘Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’”

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Peter told Him, “Even if everyone runs away because of You, I will never run away!”

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

So, whoever thinks he stands must be careful not to fall.

Thou bearest

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

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

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

General references

For if you were cut off from your native wild olive 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?