Add parallel Print Page Options

15 For if their rejection[a] is reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance[b] be if not life from the dead?

Their Branches Were Broken Off By Unbelief And You Were Grafted In By Faith

16 But[c] if the firstfruit[d] is holy, the lump is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also. 17 Now if some of the branches were broken-off [e] and you[f], being a wild-olive-tree, were grafted-in among them and became a co-partner[g] of the root, of the fatness[h] of the olive tree,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:15 Or, throwing off, being cast away. That is, by God.
  2. Romans 11:15 Or, reception.
  3. Romans 11:16 Paul now turns from Israel’s failure, which serves the Gentiles, to their remaining potential for salvation.
  4. Romans 11:16 That is, the first part offered to God.
  5. Romans 11:17 That is, unbelieving physical Israel was pruned from spiritual Israel.
  6. Romans 11:17 In v 17-24 ‘you’ is singular, referring to a single Gentile as a representative. In v 25 ‘you’ is plural again.
  7. Romans 11:17 Or, joint-sharer, co-participant.
  8. Romans 11:17 Or, richness, wealth.

Bible Gateway Recommends