Romans 11:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ So don’t boast about those branches that were broken off. You have no reason to boast. Why? You don’t give life to the root. The root gives life to you.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 20:11

King Ahab answered, “Tell Ben Hadad that the man who puts on his armor should not boast as much as the man who {lives long enough to} take it off.”

Proverbs 16:18

If a person is proud, then he is in danger of destruction. If a person thinks he is better than other people, then he is in danger of defeat.

Matthew 26:33

Peter answered, “All the other followers may lose their faith because of you. But I will never lose my faith.”

John 10:16

I have other sheep too. They are not in this flock here. I must lead them also. They will listen to my voice. In the future there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 4:22

You Samaritans {\cf2\super [65]} worship something that you don’t understand. We Jews understand what we worship. Salvation comes from the Jews.

Acts 25:7

Paul came into the room. The Jews who had come from Jerusalem stood around him. The Jews said that Paul had done many wrong things. But they could not prove any of these things.

Romans 11:20

That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe. And you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Don’t be proud, but be afraid.

Romans 3:27

So do we have a reason to boast about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all boasting, not the way of following the law.

Romans 4:16

So people get God’s promise by having faith. This happens so that the promise can be a free gift. And if the promise is a free gift, then all of Abraham’s {\cf2\super [42]} people can have that promise. The promise is not only for those people that live under the law \{of Moses\}. The promise is for any person that lives with faith like Abraham. Abraham is the father of us all.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So the person that thinks he is standing strong should be careful that he doesn’t fall.