Romans 11:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.”
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“For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if God the natural branches did not spare--lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 11:21 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
- Jeremiah 49:12For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Romans 11:17Now 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,
- Romans 11:19You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:1I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
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