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

General references

Romans 11:24

Bible References

Boast not

That is true; but it was for their want of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you stand where you do. You ought not to feel proud; you ought to be afraid,

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

Peter answered, "If they all desert you, I will never do it!"

To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration:

So the man who thinks he can stand must be on his guard against a fall.

Thou bearest

That is why it all turns upon faith; it is to make it a matter of God's favor, so that the promise may hold good for all Abraham's descendants, not only those who are adherents of the Law, but also those who share the faith of Abraham. For he is the father of all of us;

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will obey my voice, and they will all become one flock, with one shepherd.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are true descendants of Abraham and his heirs under the promise.

So you are no longer foreigners or strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of his family.

General references

For if you were cut from a wild olive and unnaturally grafted upon a cultivated one, how much easier it will be to graft them upon the olive to which they properly belong!