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

Granted. They were broken off ??for their lack of faith. And you owe your position to your faith. You should feel awed instead of being uplifted.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is ruled out absolutely. On what principle? On the principle of doing deeds? No, on the principle of faith.

Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

He also told the following parable to certain persons who were sure of their own goodness and looked down upon everybody else.

So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls.

Thou bearest

That is why all turns upon faith; it is to make the promise a matter of favour, to make it secure for all the offspring, not simply for those who are adherents of the Law but also for those who share the faith of Abraham ??of Abraham who is the father of us all

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

Now if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring; in virtue of the Promise, you are heirs.

Thus you are strangers and foreigners no longer, you share the membership of the saints, you belong to God's own household,

General references

For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?