Romans 11:18

Romans 11:18

Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

1. “Boast not against the branches.”

a. Boast...against [Strong: 2620 katakauchaomai kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee from 2596 and 2744; to exult against (i.e. over):--boast (against), glory, rejoice against.]

b. not [Strong: 3361 me may a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations.]

c. the [Strong: 3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

d. branches [Strong: 2798  klados klad'-os from 2806; a twig or bough (as if broken off):--branch.]

2. “...But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.”

a. But [Strong: 1161 de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

b. if [Strong: 1487 ei i a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether.]

c. [thou] boast [Strong: 2620 katakauchaomai kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee from 2596 and 2744; to exult against (i.e. over):--boast (against), glory, rejoice against.]

d. thou [Strong: 4771 su soo the person pronoun of the second person singular; thou:-- thou.]

e. bearest [Strong: 941 bastazo bas-tad'-zo perhaps remotely derived from the base of 939 (through the idea of removal); to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.):--bear, carry, take up.]

  

f. not [Strong: 3756 ou oo, also (before a vowel) ouk ook, and (before an aspirate) ouch ookh a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but.]

  

g. the [Strong: 3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

h. root [Strong: 4491 rhiza hrid'-zah apparently a primary word; a "root" (literally or figuratively):--root.]

i. but [Strong: 235 alla al-lah' neuter plural of 243; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.]

  

j. the [Strong: 3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

k. root [Strong: 4491 rhiza hrid'-zah apparently a primary word; a "root" (literally or figuratively):--root.]

l. thee [Strong: 4571 se seh accusative case singular of 4771; thee:--thee, thou, X thy house.]

1). We must remember that the New Covenant was made with Israel not with the Gentiles.

a). Hebrews 8:10-13 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

2). The Gentiles were included into the Covenant with Israel, though to include the Gentiles was the plan in the mind of God all along.

a). Jeremiah 16:19-21  O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The Lord.