Romans 11:21
in Romans 11For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
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ASV
for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.
KJV
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
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This verse in Romans 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseFor if these men of old time, who preceded us in the gifts [bestowed upon them], and for whom the Son of God had not yet suffered, when they committed any sin and served fleshly lusts, were rendered objects of such disgrace, what shall the men of the present day suffer, who have despised the Lord's coming, and become the slaves of their own lusts?
This site's exposition
Branches were broken off
on Romans 11:19-22
Paul lets the Gentile say it, that branches were broken off so he could be grafted in, and verse 20 grants the fact while breaking the pride. Both the breaking and the standing turn on faith. Verse 22 holds kindness and severity together, and the warning runs at full strength to the grafted branch.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Prescription, long usage, the faithfulness of their ancestors, would not secure them. It was in vain to plead, though they insisted much upon it, that they were Abraham's seed, Matt. iii. It is true they were the husbandmen to whom the vineyard was first let out; but, when they forfeited it, it was justly taken from them, Matt. xxi.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For if God ... - If God did not refrain from rejecting the Jews who became unbelievers, assuredly he will not refrain from rejecting you in the same circumstances. It may be supposed that he will be quite as ready to reject the ingrafted branches, as to cast off those which belonged to the parent stock. The situation of the Gentiles is not such as to give them any security over the condition of the rejected Jew.
The words behind it
15 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| εἰ | ei | If | G1487 → | 508 times |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → | 1039 times |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κατὰ | kata | according to | G2596 → | 468 times |
| φύσιν | phusin | nature | G5449 → | 14 times |
| κλάδων | kladon | branches | G2798 → | 11 times |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| ἐφείσατο, | epheisato | spared, | G5339 → | 10 times |
| μή | me | surely | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| πως | pos | perhaps | G4458 → | 16 times |
| οὐδὲ | oude | neither | G3761 → | 141 times |
| σοῦ | sou | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| φείσεται.¶ | pheisetai | will He spare. | G5339 → | 10 times |
εἰIf
eiG1487 →508 times
γὰρfor
garG1063 →1039 times
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
θεὸςGod
theosG2316 →1312 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
κατὰaccording to
kataG2596 →468 times
φύσινnature
phusinG5449 →14 times
κλάδωνbranches
kladonG2798 →11 times
οὐκnot
oukG3756 →1664 times
ἐφείσατο,spared,
epheisatoG5339 →10 times
μήsurely
meG3361 →1066 times
πωςperhaps
posG4458 →16 times
οὐδὲneither
oudeG3761 →141 times
σοῦyou
souG4771 →2973 times
φείσεται.¶will He spare.
pheisetaiG5339 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
it leads to
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 1 John 4:10
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- John 3:16
Through
Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
it leads to
- Hebrews 3:16
For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
- Numbers 26:64–65
Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1–12
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- Hebrews 3:16
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies11
About Romans
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Hodge, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; Irenaeus, Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.