Romans 11:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.

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  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them with an overthrow, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7 And delivered righteous Lot, who was distressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked: 8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds. 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 49:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you the one who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
  • Rom 11:17 : 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
  • Rom 11:19 : 19 You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.
  • 1 Cor 10:1-9 : 1 Moreover, brothers, I would not have you ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And all ate the same spiritual food; 4 And all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank from that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, so we should not desire evil things, as they also desired. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 8 Do not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell. 9 Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes. 10 Do not complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 Now all these things happened to them as examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

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  • Rom 11:22-25
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    22Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

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

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

    25For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

  • Rom 11:15-20
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    15For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

    16For if the first fruit is holy, the batch is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

    17And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree,

    18do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

    19You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.

    20Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.

  • Rom 11:11-12
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    11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

    12Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness?

  • 6If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • 12Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

  • Rom 11:28-31
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    28Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

    29For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

    30For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

    31even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.

  • 9And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

  • Rom 11:1-2
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    1I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

    2God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

  • 22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  • 15Looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

  • 9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • 17And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and He shuts up the heaven, so there is no rain, and the land yields no fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.

  • Rom 2:3-4
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    3And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

    4Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

  • 40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

  • 12Beware, brothers and sisters, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  • 16His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

  • 2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.

  • 10And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Rom 11:5-7
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    5Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace.

    6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

    7What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

  • 3For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect?

  • 5For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

  • 11When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, and He who formed them will show them no favor.

  • 10Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants, and set them with strange slips:

  • 31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • 21Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?

  • 11I have therefore delivered it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it: I have driven it out for its wickedness.

  • 4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

  • 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • 9Say thus says the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it withers? It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by its roots.

  • 40God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

  • 7For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.

  • 11Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

  • 7He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree: he has made it bare and cast it away; its branches are made white.

  • 11Therefore take careful heed to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God.