And if the first fruit is holy, the mass is also; and if the root is holy, the branches also are.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of the olive,

boast not against the branches; but if you boast, you bear not the root, but the root you.

You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.

for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.