16. and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.
17. And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become--
18. do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!
19. Thou wilt say, then, `The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!
20. by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
21. for if God the natural branches did not spare--lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.