Romans 11:23
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
KJV
κἀκεῖνοι δέ, ἐὰν μὴ ἐπιμένωσιν τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, ἐνκεντρισθήσονται· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς πάλιν ἐνκεντρίσαι αὐτούς.
Greek NT
Sed et illi, si non permanserint in incredulitate, inserentur : potens est enim Deus iterum inserere illos.
Vulgate
And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
ASV
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐπιμένωσι — SBLGNT
- ἐπιμένωσι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐπιμείνωσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς — SBLGNT
- ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὁ θεὸς ἐστιν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 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…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:16 — Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
- 2Cor 3:16 — Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
- Deut 30:3 — That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
- Jer 31:17 — And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
- Rom 11:19 — Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
- Zech 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h