o Romans
11:17 (NIV) If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the
others and now share in the nourishing sap from
the olive root, 18 do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but
the root supports you. 19 You will say
then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief,
and you stand by faith. Do not be
arrogant, but be afraid. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. 22 Consider
therefore the kindness and sternness of
God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be
cut off. 23 And if they do not persist
in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree
that is wild by nature, and contrary to
nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into
their own olive tree! 25 I do not want you
to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part
until the full number of the Gentiles has
come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness
away from Jacob.