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Romans 11:21

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

KJV

εἰ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τῶν κατὰ φύσιν κλάδων οὐκ ἐφείσατο, οὐδὲ σοῦ φείσεται.

Greek NT

Si enim Deus naturalibus ramis non pepercit : ne forte nec tibi parcat.

Vulgate

for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

ASV

For if God hath not spared the natural branches, fear lest perhaps also he spare not thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κλάδος
klados
noun · 11×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φείδομαι
pheidomai
verb · 10×
φύσις
phusis
noun · 14×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: οὐδὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐδὲ | NA/RP: μήπως οὐδέ
  • οὐδὲ — SBLGNT
  • οὐδὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μήπως οὐδέ — Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§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…
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/210229.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

  • 2Pet 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Isa 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth,
  • Jer 25:29 — For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the eart
  • Jer 49:12 — For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou sha
  • Rom 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?