Romans 11:18

"But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree,"

Key Reflection

This verse illustrates that even those who were once severed from the true Israelite lineage (the natural branches) can be grafted into the covenant community (the wild olive being part of the rich olive tree). It signifies that salvation is available to all, including Gentiles, who now share in the blessings and privileges originally reserved for the Jewish people.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 18. Boast not, etc. The tendency of man is to triumph over one that is fallen and rejected. The danger of pride and boasting on account of privileges is not less in the church than elsewhere. Paul saw that some of the Gentiles might be in danger of exaltation over the fallen Jews, and therefore cautions them against it. The ingrafted shoot, deriving all its vigour and fruitfulness from the stock of another tree, ought not to boast against the branches. But if thou boast. If thou art so inconsiderate and Wicked, so devoid of humility, and lifted up with pride, as to boast, yet know that there is no occasion for it.

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