^11:17Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in¹³ the richness of the olive root, ^11:18do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. ^11:19Then you will say, “The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ^11:20Granted!¹⁴ They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear! ^11:21For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. ^11:22Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God—harshness toward those who have fallen, but¹⁵ God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness;¹⁶ otherwise you also will be cut off. ^11:23And even they—if they do not continue in their unbelief—will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. ^11:24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?

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Footnotes

13 Grk “became a participant of.”
14 Grk “well!“, an adverb used to affirm a statement. It means “very well,” “you are correct.”
15 Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
16 Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”