Romans 11:13-24 - Gentile Branches Grafted In

¹³ this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character, ¹⁴ if I could by any means excite the emulation of my dear countrymen, in order to save some. ¹⁵ for, if by rejecting them, the world may be reconciled; what shall their restoration be, but a general resurrection? ¹⁶ Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole product: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ if then, some of the branches are broken off, and thou like a wild olive, were grafted in their place to partake of the root and sap of the olivestock; ¹⁸ don't triumph over the branches: or if you do, remember the root is not dependent upon you, but you upon the root. ¹⁹ you will say then, "the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in." ²⁰ well, be it so, for their incredulity they were broken off, and you by faith stand firm: be not then elated, but let this be your fear, ²¹ lest God should not spare you, since he did not spare even the natural branches. ²² consider then the divine benignity, and his severity: his severity to those who fell, and his benignity to you, provided you adhere thereto; otherwise you likewise will be lopt off. ²³ nay, even the Jews, if they don't continue still incredulous, shall be grafted in: since divine power can graft them in again. ²⁴ for if you were taken from the wild olive, which was natural to you, to be grafted into a good olive-stock of a different nature, with how much greater reason shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive-tree?