A moment in scripture
Romans 11:22
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
The surrounding passage
- Romans 11:20
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
- Romans 11:21
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
- 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.
- Romans 11:24
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.