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do notμὴboast overκατακαυχῶthe branches.τῶν κλάδωνButδὲifεἰyou boast,κατακαυχᾶσαιremember:it isnotοὐyouσὺwhosupportβαστάζειςthe root,τὴν ῥίζανbutἀλλὰthe rootἡ ῥίζαsupportsyou.σέ
Romans 11:18
Study it in the app“do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember: it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 11:18, word by word
- boast overκατακαυχῶkatakauchō
boast over
To set oneself above another with pride and scorn.
Where else “katakauchō” appears- the branchesκλάδωνkladōn
branch
Branch.
Where else “kladōn” appears- supportβαστάζειςbastazeis
bear
To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
Where else “bastazeis” appears- the rootῥίζανrhizan
source
The source of something: "the root of all evil".
Where else “rhizan” appears
The context
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer in the root of the richness of the olive tree,
18 · This verse (above)
19You will say then, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.
To study Romans 11 in a group
1. What it says
What image of the olive tree does Paul use, and what happens to the branches? (vv. 17-24)
2. What it means
Why does Paul warn the grafted-in branches not to boast? (vv. 18-21)
3. How I live it
Paul calls for humility and gratitude. What have you received that you did not earn, and how can you give thanks today?