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


In Context

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

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

15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

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

17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and 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 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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