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17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree,
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17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
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18 do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.
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18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
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19 You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."
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19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."
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20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.
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20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
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21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
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22 Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
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22 Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.
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23 And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.
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23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
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24 For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.
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24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
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25 Lest you be wise in your own conceits, I want you to understand this mystery, brethren: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in,
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25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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26 and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
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26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
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27 "and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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