Romans 11:16-22

16Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.

17Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and thou, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

18boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.

19Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order that I might be grafted in.

20Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:

21if 1God indeed has not spared the natural branches; lest it might be he spare not thee either.

22Behold then [the] goodness and severity of 2God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of 3God, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since [otherwise] thou also wilt be cut away.