¹⁸ do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

²⁰ by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;

¹⁹ Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

²⁰ being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',

²⁹ and if ye `are' of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.

¹² so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

¹⁶ Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

²⁷ Where then `is' the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

¹⁶ and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

²² ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

⁹ And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

¹⁰ `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

¹¹ the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

³³ And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

²⁰ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,

²¹ Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts -- I go, even I.

²² Yea, come in have many peoples, and mighty nations, To seek Jehovah of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of Jehovah.

²³ Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: In those days take hold do ten men of all languages of the nations, Yea, they have taken hold on the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying: We go with you, for we heard God `is' with you!

¹⁸ Before destruction `is' pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

¹¹ And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing `his armour'.'