Romans 11:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ then don’t brag like you’re better than the other branches. If you do brag, be careful: it’s not you that sustains the root, but it’s the root that sustains you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ do not glorify yourself above the branches. For though you glory, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Romans 11:18 Cross References

1 Kings 20:11

And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Matthew 26:33

But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

John 10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

John 4:22

Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know: for salvation is from the Jews.

Acts 25:7

And when he was come, the Jews which had come down from Jerusalem stood round about him, bringing against him many and grievous charges, which they could not prove;

Romans 11:20

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

Romans 3:27

Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law of faith.

Romans 4:16

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Galatians 3:29

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.