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

Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off."

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

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

Thou bearest

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

The Lord who rules over all says, 'It will someday come to pass that people -- residents of many cities -- will come.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

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

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

General references

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