^{16 Ref} And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

^{17 Ref} But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

^{18 Ref} glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

^{19 Ref} Thou wilt say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

^{20 Ref} Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

^{21 Ref} for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

^{22 Ref} Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

^{23 Ref} And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

^{24 Ref} For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural `branches', be grafted into their own olive tree?