World English Bible
Romans 11:18
“don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.”
Verse in context — Romans 11
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If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
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But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
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don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
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You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
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True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear;
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