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

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear;

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'"

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

But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn't fall.

Thou bearest

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

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

General references

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?