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And you Gentiles, who were branches from a wild olive tree, have been grafted in. So now you also receive the blessing God has promised Abraham and his children, sharing in the rich nourishment from the root of God’s special olive tree. <a href="/esv/romans/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, <a href="/bsb/romans/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, <a href="/blb/romans/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and have become a fellow-partaker of the fatness of the root of the olive tree, <a href="/kjv/romans/11.htm">King James Bible</a> And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; <a href="/nkjv/romans/11.htm">New King James Version</a> And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, <a href="/nasb_/romans/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/nasb/romans/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/nasb77/romans/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/lsb/romans/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/amp/romans/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/csb/romans/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, <a href="/hcsb/romans/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, <a href="/asv/romans/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; <a href="/cev/romans/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You Gentiles are like branches of a wild olive tree made to be part of a cultivated olive tree. You have taken the place of some branches that were cut away from it. And because of this, you enjoy the blessings that come from being part of that cultivated tree. <a href="/erv/romans/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree; <a href="/gwt/romans/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But some of the olive branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place. You get your nourishment from the roots of the olive tree. <a href="/gnt/romans/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> Some of the branches of the cultivated olive tree have been broken off, and a branch of a wild olive tree has been joined to it. You Gentiles are like that wild olive tree, and now you share the strong spiritual life of the Jews. <a href="/isv/romans/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/msb/romans/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, <a href="/net/romans/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root, <a href="/nheb/romans/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree; <a href="/wbt/romans/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, art ingrafted among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive-tree; <a href="/wey/romans/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree, <a href="/web/romans/11.htm">World English Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/romans/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And if certain of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree— <a href="/blb/romans/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and have become a fellow-partaker of the fatness of the root of the olive tree, <a href="/ylt/romans/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become -- <a href="/slt/romans/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/romans/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree, <a href="/cpdv/romans/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And if some of the branches are broken, and if you, being a wild olive branch, are grafted on to them, and you become a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree, <a href="/nabre/romans/11.htm">New American Bible</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree, <a href="/nrsvce/romans/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/romans/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And if some of the branches were cut off, and you who are a branch of a wild olive tree have been grafted in their place, and you have become a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And if some of the branches were cut off and you, a wild olive tree, were grafted in their place, and you have become a partaker of the roots and of the fat of the olive tree,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/romans/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, have been grafted in among them, and partake with them of the root and fatness of the olive, <a href="/godbey/romans/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And if certain ones of the branches were broken off, and you being a wild olive-tree are grafted in among them, and have become a partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive-tree; <a href="/haweis/romans/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou though a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree; <a href="/mace/romans/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> if then, some of the branches are broken off, and thou like a wild olive, were grafted in their place to partake of the root and sap of the olivestock; <a href="/wey/romans/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree, <a href="/worrell/romans/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And, if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became a joint-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the Olive tree; <a href="/worsley/romans/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches: <a href="/parallel/romans/11-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=2813" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/romans/11.htm">The Ingrafting of the Gentiles</a> …16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Now</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tines (IPro-NMP) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">some</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2798.htm" title="2798: kladōn (N-GMP) -- A young tender shoot, then: a branch; met: of descendants. From klao; a twig or bough.">branches</a> <a href="/greek/1575.htm" title="1575: exeklasthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To break off. From ek and klao; to exscind.">have been broken off,</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">and</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist."></a> <a href="/greek/65.htm" title="65: agrielaios (N-NFS) -- A wild olive tree, oleaster. From agrios and elaia; an oleaster.">a wild olive shoot,</a> <a href="/greek/1461.htm" title="1461: enekentristhēs (V-AIP-2S) -- To graft in, ingraft. From en and a derivative of kentron; to prick in, i.e. Ingraft.">have been grafted in</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">among</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">the others</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egenou (V-AIM-2S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude."></a> <a href="/greek/4791.htm" title="4791: synkoinōnos (N-NMS) -- A partaker with, co-partner. From sun and koinonos; a co-participant.">to share</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">in the</a> <a href="/greek/4096.htm" title="4096: piotētos (N-GFS) -- Fatness, as of the olive; richness. From pion; plumpness, i.e. richness.">nourishment</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/1636.htm" title="1636: elaias (N-GFS) -- An olive tree; the Mount of Olives. Feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive.">olive</a> <a href="/greek/4491.htm" title="4491: rhizēs (N-GFS) -- A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. Apparently a primary word; a root.">root,</a> 18do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-6</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a> Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— / remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. <a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Galatians 3:14</a> He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28-29</a> There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. / And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise. <a href="/acts/15-14.htm">Acts 15:14-17</a> Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. / The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written: / ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, ... <a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Ephesians 3:6</a> This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. <a href="/colossians/1-27.htm">Colossians 1:27</a> To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. <a href="/1_corinthians/12-13.htm">1 Corinthians 12:13</a> For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. <a href="/matthew/21-43.htm">Matthew 21:43</a> Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. <a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a> You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Isaiah 56:3-8</a> Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.” / For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— / I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. ... <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16-17</a> The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed. / The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.” <a href="/ezekiel/37-15.htm">Ezekiel 37:15-23</a> Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’ / Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand. ... <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Hosea 14:5-6</a> I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. / His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-11</a> You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And if some of the branches be 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;some.<a href="/psalms/80-11.htm">Psalm 80:11-16</a> She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river… <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a> But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.<a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a> When the boughs thereof 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 that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.being.<a href="/acts/2-39.htm">Acts 2:39</a> For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.<a href="/galatians/2-15.htm">Galatians 2:15</a> We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,<a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a> Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; … among them.<a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a> A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;<a href="/judges/9-8.htm">Judges 9:8,9</a> The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us… <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8</a> But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/8-10.htm">Although</a> <a href="/romans/9-24.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-14.htm">Fatness</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-23.htm">Fellow-Partaker</a> <a href="/luke/13-8.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/acts/4-34.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Graffed</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Grafted</a> <a href="/james/1-21.htm">Ingrafted</a> <a href="/john/18-26.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/haggai/2-19.htm">Olive-Tree</a> <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Others</a> <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Part</a> <a href="/psalms/50-18.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/john/15-3.htm">Pruned</a> <a href="/romans/10-12.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/psalms/92-14.htm">Richness</a> <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Root</a> <a href="/hosea/7-9.htm">Sap</a> <a href="/revelation/1-9.htm">Sharer</a> <a href="/luke/21-30.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/john/21-18.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/songs/8-1.htm">Wert</a> <a href="/acts/26-11.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">Although</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">Amongst</a> <a href="/romans/11-18.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/romans/11-19.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/genesis/27-28.htm">Fatness</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-23.htm">Fellow-Partaker</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-8.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/romans/11-19.htm">Graffed</a> <a href="/romans/11-19.htm">Grafted</a> <a href="/romans/11-19.htm">Ingrafted</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Olive</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Olive-Tree</a> <a href="/romans/11-23.htm">Others</a> <a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Part</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-10.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Pruned</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-8.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/genesis/27-28.htm">Richness</a> <a href="/romans/11-18.htm">Root</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Sap</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-1.htm">Sharer</a> <a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Shoot</a> <a href="/romans/11-23.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Wast</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Wert</a> <a href="/romans/11-24.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 11</div>1. <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">God has not cast off all Israel.</a> 7. <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Some were elected, though the rest were hardened.</a> 16. <a href="/romans/11-16.htm">There is hope of their conversion.</a> 18. <a href="/romans/11-18.htm">The Gentiles may not exult over them;</a> 26. <a href="/romans/11-26.htm">for there is a promise of their salvation.</a> 33. <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">God's judgments are unsearchable.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/romans/11.htm">Romans 11</a>, Paul is addressing the partial hardening of Israel, which has led to some Jews being "broken off" from the covenantal blessings. This imagery of branches being broken off is consistent with Old Testament symbolism, where Israel is often depicted as an olive tree (<a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16-17</a>). The breaking off signifies a temporary setting aside due to unbelief, not a permanent rejection.and you, a wild olive shoot, The "wild olive shoot" represents Gentile believers who have come to faith in Christ. In ancient agriculture, wild olive trees were considered inferior and unproductive compared to cultivated ones. This metaphor highlights the unexpected and gracious inclusion of the Gentiles into the blessings originally given to Israel. It underscores the theme of God's grace extending beyond ethnic Israel to include all nations, fulfilling the promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed through him (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>).have been grafted in among the others Grafting is an agricultural practice where a branch from one tree is inserted into another tree so that it can grow and produce fruit. This process symbolizes the inclusion of Gentiles into the spiritual blessings and promises given to Israel. Theologically, it emphasizes the unity of Jews and Gentiles in the body of Christ, as both are now part of the same spiritual family (<a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-22</a>). This inclusion is not based on heritage or works but on faith in Jesus Christ.to share in the nourishment of the olive root, The "olive root" represents the patriarchs and the covenants God made with them, particularly the Abrahamic covenant. The nourishment signifies the spiritual blessings and promises that flow from these covenants, including salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. By being grafted in, Gentile believers partake in these blessings, becoming heirs to the promises of God (<a href="/galatians/3-29.htm">Galatians 3:29</a>). This sharing in the nourishment underscores the continuity of God's redemptive plan and the fulfillment of His promises through Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of the law and the prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Romans, addressing the church in Rome, which consisted of both Jewish and Gentile believers. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_olive_tree.htm">The Olive Tree</a> Symbolizes the people of God, originally representing Israel, but now inclusive of Gentile believers. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_broken_branches.htm">The Broken Branches</a> Represents the Jews who have rejected the Gospel and thus have been temporarily set aside. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wild_olive_shoot.htm">The Wild Olive Shoot</a> Symbolizes the Gentiles who have been grafted into the people of God through faith in Christ. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_olive_root.htm">The Olive Root</a> Represents the patriarchs and the promises of God, the spiritual heritage and blessings that come from being part of God's covenant people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_our_spiritual_heritage.htm">Understanding Our Spiritual Heritage</a> Recognize that as Gentile believers, we are grafted into the rich spiritual heritage of Israel, sharing in the promises given to the patriarchs. <a href="/topical/h/humility_and_gratitude.htm">Humility and Gratitude</a> Approach our inclusion in God's family with humility and gratitude, acknowledging that it is by grace, not by our own merit. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_diversity.htm">Unity in Diversity</a> Embrace the unity we have in Christ, celebrating the diversity of the body of believers while maintaining the unity of faith. <a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_in_faith.htm">Fruitfulness in Faith</a> As branches grafted into the olive tree, we are called to bear fruit, living lives that reflect the character and mission of Christ. <a href="/topical/w/warning_against_arrogance.htm">Warning Against Arrogance</a> Be cautious of spiritual pride, remembering that our position in God's family is a result of His mercy and not our own doing.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17-24) The admission of the Gentile to the privileges of the Jew is no ground for boasting on his part. It is merely an admission. The Gentile is, as it were, a branch grafted into a stem that was none of his planting. Nor is his position absolutely secured to him. It is held conditionally on the tenure of faith. He ought, therefore, anxiously to guard against any failure in faith. For the moment God has turned towards him the gracious side of His providence, as towards the Jew He has turned the severe side. But this relation may easily be reversed, and the Jew received back into the favour which he once enjoyed.(17) And.--Rather, but.Among them--i.e., among the branches of the olive-tree generally, both those which are broken off and those which are suffered to remain. This seems on the whole the more probable view; it would be possible to translate the words, in place of them (the branches broken off).Partakest of the root and fatness.--The meaning of this is sufficiently obvious as it stands. If, as perhaps is probable, we ought to drop the second "and," reading, "of the root of the fatness," the sense is that the rich flow of sap in which the wild olive par-takes does not belong to the wild olive itself, but is all drawn from the root.The evidence for the omission of the second "and" is that of the Vatican, Sinaitic, and rescript Paris manuscript--a strong combination.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 17, 18. - But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree (i.e. of the stock of a wild olive tree; cf. ch. Romans 11:24) wast grafted in among them, and wast made partaker with them of the root and the fatness of the olive tree, boast not against the branches. But if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. In thus addressing the Gentile in the second person singular, the apostle brings his warning home to any individual Gentile Christian who might be inclined to boast; though regarding him still as representing Gentile believers generally. They are compared to slips of the wild olive tree (ἡ ἀγριέλαιος, oleaster), which was unproductive (cf. "Infelix superat foliis oleaster amaris"), acquiring richness and fertility by being grafted into the cultivated tree (ἡ καλλιέλαιος, oleo). Whether or not such a reversal of the usual system of grafting would have the imagined effect does not matter, as long as the illustration serves St. Paul's purpose well, and helps us to grasp, his conception. The common process is - "... to marry A gentle scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind, By bud of nobler race." In the illustration before us a scion of wildest stock is supposed to be made to conceive through the stock of nobler race to which it is united. The selecting the olive tree for illustration is happy, inasmuch as it was not only a characteristic produce of Palestine, but also regarded as symbolical of a plant of grace; cf. <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Psalm 52:8</a>, "I am a green olive tree in the house of God;" also <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a>; <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Hosea 14:6</a>. See also the parable of Jotham (<a href="/judges/9-8.htm">Judges 9:8, 9</a>), where the trees apply first to the olive tree to be their king; and observe also there the word "fatness," used here also by St. Paul: Μὴ ἀπολείψασαα τὴν πιότητα μου ἐν ῇ δοξάσουσι τὸν Θεὸν ἄνδρες πορεύσομαι κινεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων; (LXX.). The "branches" against which the ingrafted scion is warned not to boast are not exclusively either the broken-off or the remaining ones, but, as the sequel shows, the natural branches of the tree generally. The Gentile Christian is not to contemn the race of Israel because so large a portion of it is at present apart from the Church and under judgment; for it is, after all, from the stock of Israel, into which he has been engrafted, that he derives all his own fertility. As to the Christian Church being ever regarded as derived from that of Israel, the fulfilment and outcome of the ancient covenant, see note on Romans 1:2; and cf. <a href="/john/4-22.htm">John 4:22</a>, "For salvation is of the Jews." <a href="/commentaries/romans/11-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Now δέ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. if Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. some τινες (tines) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. branches κλάδων (kladōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2798.htm">Strong's 2798: </a> A young tender shoot, then: a branch; met: of descendants. From klao; a twig or bough. have been broken off, ἐξεκλάσθησαν (exeklasthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1575.htm">Strong's 1575: </a> To break off. From ek and klao; to exscind. and δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. you, σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. a wild olive shoot, ἀγριέλαιος (agrielaios) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_65.htm">Strong's 65: </a> A wild olive tree, oleaster. From agrios and elaia; an oleaster. have been grafted in ἐνεκεντρίσθης (enekentristhēs) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1461.htm">Strong's 1461: </a> To graft in, ingraft. From en and a derivative of kentron; to prick in, i.e. Ingraft. among ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the others] αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. to share συνκοινωνὸς (synkoinōnos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> A partaker with, co-partner. From sun and koinonos; a co-participant. in the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. nourishment πιότητος (piotētos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4096.htm">Strong's 4096: </a> Fatness, as of the olive; richness. From pion; plumpness, i.e. richness. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. olive ἐλαίας (elaias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1636.htm">Strong's 1636: </a> An olive tree; the Mount of Olives. Feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive. root, ῥίζης (rhizēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4491.htm">Strong's 4491: </a> A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'root'. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">NT Letters: Romans 11:17 But if some of the branches were (Rom. 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