Romans 11:24
22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
- KJV
- For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
- WEB
- For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
- ASV
- For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?
- DARBY
- For if *thou* hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted into their own olive tree?
- BLB
- For if you were cut off out of the naturally wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural, be grafted into [their] own olive tree!
- ÅB
- For hvis du ble kuttet av det oljetreet som er vilt av naturen, og mot naturen ble innpodet i et godt oljetre, hvor mye mer skal de da bli innpodet i sitt eget oljetre, disse som av naturen hører til der.
- OTB
- For hvis du ble kuttet fra et oliventre som er vilt av natur, og mot naturen ble podet inn i et dyrket oliventre, hvor mye lettere vil disse, de naturlige grenene, bli podet inn i sitt eget oliventre!
- B1930
- For blev du avhugget av det oljetre som er vilt av naturen, og mot naturen innpodet i et godt oljetre, hvor meget mere skal de da bli innpodet i sitt eget oljetre, disse som av naturen hører det til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:17–18
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,
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