Romans 11:16

¹⁴ If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

¹⁵ For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹⁸ Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
KJV: For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
WEB: If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.
ASV: And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
DARBY: Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.
BLB: Now if the firstfruit [is] holy, also [is] the lump; and if the root [is] holy, also [are] the branches.

ÅB: Men er førstegrøden hellig, så er deigen det også, og er roten hellig, så er greinene det også.
OTB: Hvis den første delen av deigen er hellig, er hele deigen hellig; hvis roten er hellig, er også grenene det.
B1930: Men er førstegrøden hellig, da er deigen det også, og er roten hellig, da er grenene det også.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 3:9
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
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Ezekiel 44:30
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
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James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
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Numbers 15:17–21
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Leviticus 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
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Romans 11:17
And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
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Deuteronomy 26:10
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
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