Romans 11:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.”
Romans 11:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Romans 11:1616 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:16
“For if the first-fruits be holy, the lump also is holy; and if the root be holy, so are the branches;” So calling in this passage by the names of the first-fruit and root Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the prophets, the patriarchs, all who were of note in the Old Testament; and the branches, those from them who believed. Then since the fact met him that many had disbelieved, observe how he undermines (ὑ ποτέμνεται, see p. 345) it again, and says,
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