Romans 11:18
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
KJV
μὴ κατακαυχῶ τῶν κλάδων· εἰ δὲ κατακαυχᾶσαι, οὐ σὺ τὴν ῥίζαν βαστάζεις ἀλλὰ ἡ ῥίζα σέ.
Greek NT
noli gloriari adversus ramos. Quod si gloriaris : non tu radicem portas, sed radix te.
Vulgate
glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.
ASV
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root: but the root thee.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βαστάζω
bastazo
verb · 27×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
κατακαυχάομαι
katakauchaomai
verb · 4×
κλάδος
klados
noun · 11×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥίζα
riza
noun · 17×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§60The people descended from Abraham would be the trustee of the promise made to the patriarchs, the chosen people, called to prepare for that day when God would gather all his children into the unity of the Church.18 They would be the root on to which the Gentiles would be grafted, once they came to believe.19
§755"The Church is a cultivated field, the tillage of God. On that land the ancient olive tree grows whose holy roots were the prophets and in which the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles has been brought about and will be brought about again. That land, like a choice vineyard, has been planted by the heavenly cultivator. Yet the true vine is Christ who gives life and fruitfulness…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. Calvin shows that God's rejection of Israel is neither total nor final. A remnant according to the election of grace has been preserved. The Gentiles, like wild olive branches, have been grafted in — but they must not boast against the natural branches. If God spared not the natural branches, he may not spare the grafted ones either. T…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:12 — Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
- 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
- Eph 2:19 — Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
- Isa 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
- John 10:16 — And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- Judg 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Rom 3:27 — Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
- Rom 11:20 — Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
- Rom 11:20 — Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: