Romans 11:12-21

¹²Now if their failure is the riches of the world, and if their loss is the riches of the Gentiles, how much greater will their completion be?

¹³But now I am speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.

¹⁴Perhaps I will provoke to jealousy those who are of my own flesh. Perhaps we will save some of them.

¹⁵For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

¹⁶If the firstfruits are reserved, so is the lump of dough. If the root is reserved, so are the branches.

¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, if you, a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them, and if you shared with them in the rich root of the olive tree,

¹⁸do not boast over the branches. But if you do boast, it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.

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

²⁰That is true. Because of their unbelief they were broken off, but you stand firm because of your faith. Do not think too highly of yourself, but fear.

²¹For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.