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

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

And the king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.'"

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away."

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

Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

Thou bearest

That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring--not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.

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

General references

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