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Andδέthey too,κἀκεῖνοιifἐὰνthey do notμὴremainἐπιμένωσιin unbelief,τῇ ἀπιστίᾳwill be grafted in;ἐγκεντρισθήσονταιforγάρGodὁ θεὸςisἐστινableδυνατὸςto graftἐγκεντρίσαιthemαὐτούςin again.πάλιν
Romans 11:23
Study it in the app“And they too, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 11:23, word by word
- they tooκἀκεῖνοιkakeinoi
and that one
And that one, he too; and that.
Where else “kakeinoi” appears- remainἐπιμένωσιepimenōsi
persevere
To keep on in something without giving up.
Where else “epimenōsi” appears- in unbeliefἀπιστίᾳapistiai
unbelief
Not believing, having no faith.
Where else “apistiai” appears- will be grafted inἐγκεντρισθήσονταιenkentristhēsontai
graft
Graft: insert a branch into another tree so that it grows from it.
Where else “enkentristhēsontai” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- ableδυνατὸςdynatos
mighty
One who has strength and ability to act.
Where else “dynatos” appears- in againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears
The context
22See, then, the kindness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but on you, the kindness of God, if you remain in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.
23 · This verse (above)
24For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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?