16For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.


In Context

13 For I say to you, Gentiles: as long indeed as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I will honour my ministry,

14 If, by any means, I may provoke to emulation them who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

15 For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

16 For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

17 And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree,

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

Romans 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy:] and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:16If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16Now if the first-fruit be holy, the lump also; and if the root be holy, the branches also.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16For if the first fruit is holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16and if the first-fruit is holy, the lump also; and if the root is holy, the branches also.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.