Romans 11:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 That is true. They were broken off on account of unbelief, but you stand on account of belief. So do not become arrogant, but be afraid. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid. American Standard Version (1901) Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Common English Bible Fine. They were broken off because they weren’t faithful, but you stand only by your faithfulness. So don’t think in a proud way; instead be afraid. Catholic Public Domain Version Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Well: because of unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith: be not highminded, but fear. |
They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets and you will succeed.”
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he perceives from far away.
Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.
Those who trust in their own wits are fools, but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.
The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
The haughtiness of people shall be humbled, and the pride of everyone shall be brought low, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in faith, you shall not stand at all.”
Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.
On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”
do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember: you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Now I want you to understand, brothers and sisters, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand,
I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.
and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence but much more now in my absence, work on your own salvation with fear and trembling,
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.
As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.
Since therefore it remains open for some to enter it and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder.
But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.
Through Silvanus, whom I consider a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, ‘I rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,’
For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.