Romans 11:13-17
Romans 11:13
But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
Romans 11:14
if somehow I may move my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Romans 11:15
For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Romans 11:16
If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are as well.
Romans 11:17
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree,