Romans 11:18-22

Gentiles Grafted In

¹⁸ do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. ¹⁹ Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." ²⁰ That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you _b stand fast through faith. So _c do not become proud, but _d fear. ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. ²² Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, _e provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise _f you too will be cut off.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 10:12
   Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
   2 Corinthians 1:24
   Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 12:3
   For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
   Romans 12:16
   Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
   1 Timothy 6:17
   As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 28:14
   Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
   Isaiah 66:2
   All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
   Isaiah 66:5
   Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
   Jeremiah 44:10
   They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
   Philippians 2:12
   Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 15:2
   And by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you - unless you believed in vain.
   Hebrews 3:6
   But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.
   Hebrews 3:14
   For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
   
5. Cross References
   John 15:2
   Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.