New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Romans 11:18
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do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
BSB text & permissions
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
KJV text & permissions
don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
ASV text & permissions
do not boast over the branches. But if you boast over [them], you do not support the root, but the root you.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Romans 11
16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
20 That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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