^{16 Ref} And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

^{17 Ref} But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,

^{18 Ref} Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.