Romans 11:11–24

^11aI say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? ^bMay it never be! But by their transgression ^csalvation has come to the Gentiles, to ^dmake them jealous.

¹²Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their ^1afulfillment be!

¹³But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^aI am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

¹⁴if somehow I might ^amove to jealousy ^bmy ¹fellow countrymen and ^csave some of them.

¹⁵For if their rejection is the ^areconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but ^blife from the dead?

¹⁶If the ^afirst piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

¹⁷But if some of the ^abranches were broken off, and ^byou, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the ¹rich root of the olive tree,

¹⁸do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that ^ait is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

^19aYou will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

²⁰Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you ^astand by your faith. ^bDo not be conceited, but fear;

²¹for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.

²²Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s ^akindness, ^bif you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also ^cwill be cut off.

²³And they also, ^aif they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

²⁴For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?