Romans 11:19

19 "Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."

Romans 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 11:19

Thou wilt say then
This is an objection which the apostle foresaw the Gentiles would make against what he had said, and in favour of their boasting;

the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
The sense of which is, that the Jews were rejected and left out of the Gospel church, on purpose to make way for the Gentiles, that they might be put in their room; and consequently the Jews must be more vile and unworthy, and the Gentiles more deserving of such favours and privileges, or God would never have taken such a step, to leave out one to make room for the other.

Romans 11:19 In-Context

17 And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

18 beware of glorying over the natural branches. Or if you are so glorying, do not forget that it is not you who uphold the root: the root upholds you.

19 "Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in."

20 This is true; yet it was their unbelief that cut them off, and you only stand through your faith.

21 Do not be puffed up with pride. Tremble rather--for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you.