Romans 11:11–24

¹¹I say then, they did not stumble so that they fell, did they?^* May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.^{* 12}And if their trespass means riches for the world and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean?

Gentile Branches Grafted in

¹³Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry, ¹⁴if somehow I may provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them. ¹⁵For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean except life from the dead? ¹⁶Now if the first fruits are holy, so also is the whole batch of dough, and if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

¹⁷Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although you^* were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree’s richness, ¹⁸do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against them, you do not support the root, but the root supports you. ¹⁹Then you will say, “Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in.” ²⁰Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant thoughts, but be afraid. ²¹For if God did not spare the natural^h branches, neither will he spare you.^{i 22}See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity upon those who have fallen, but upon you the kindness of God—if you continue in his kindness, for otherwise you also will be cut off. ²³And those also, if they do not persist in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God is able to graft them in again. ²⁴For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are natural branches^j be grafted into their own olive tree?