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Romans 11:20

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

KJV

καλῶς· τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ ἐξεκλάσθησαν, σὺ δὲ τῇ πίστει ἕστηκας. μὴ ὑψηλὰ φρόνει, ἀλλὰ φοβοῦ·

Greek NT

Bene : propter incredulitatem fracti sunt. Tu autem fide stas : noli altum sapere, sed time.

Vulgate

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

ASV

Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καλῶς
kalos
adverb · 36×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
φρονέω
phroneo
verb · 27×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπιστία
apistia
noun · 11×
ἐκκλάω
ekklao
verb · 3×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑψηλός
upselos
adjective · 12×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὑψηλὰ φρόνει | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑψηλὰ φρόνει | RP: ὑψηλοφρόνει
  • ὑψηλὰ φρόνει — SBLGNT
  • ὑψηλὰ φρόνει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑψηλοφρόνει — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§591Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished.373 But such an act of faith must go through a mysterious death to self, for a new "birth from above" under the influence of divine grace.374 Such a demand for conversion in the face of so surprising a fulfilment of the promises375 allows one to understand th…
§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…
Chapter 7.—That the Words Love and Regard (Amor and Dilectio) are in Scripture Used Indifferently of Good and Evil Affection. He who resolves to love God, and to love his neighbor as himself, not according to man but according to God, is on account of this love said to be of a good will; and this is in Scripture more commonly called charity, but it is also, even in the same boo…
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…
Q. Are all people then saved through Christ just as they were lost through Adam? A. No. Only those are saved who by true faith are grafted into Christ and accept all his blessings.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:12 — Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • 1Cor 10:12 — Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
  • 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1Pet 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
  • 1Pet 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
  • 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement des
  • 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  • 2Tim 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
  • Col 2:7 — Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
  • Hab 2:4 — Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  • Heb 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  • Isa 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers
  • Isa 7:9 — And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
  • Isa 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Matt 13:58 — And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
  • Matt 26:35 — Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
  • Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
  • Prov 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • Rom 5:1 — Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 11:18 — Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
  • Rom 11:18 — Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
  • Rom 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t
  • Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.