Romans 11 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

severity.The term severity [apotomia ,] from [apo ,] from, and [temno,] to cut off, properly denotes excision, cutting off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead boughs, or luxuriant stems.if thou.

Rom. 2:7• ⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal. (Rom. 2:7)

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Luke 8:15• ¹⁵But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. (Luke 8:15)

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John 8:31• ³¹Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples; (John 8:31)

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John 15:4‑10• ⁴Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
⁶Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
⁸In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.
⁹As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
¹⁰If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. (John 15:4‑10)

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Acts 11:23• ²³who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord; (Acts 11:23)

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Acts 14:22• ²²establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)

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1 Cor. 15:2• ²by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain. (1 Cor. 15:2)

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Gal. 6:9• ⁹but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap. (Gal. 6:9)

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1 Thess. 3:5,8• ⁵For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.
⁸because now we live if *ye* stand firm in the Lord. (1 Thess. 3:5,8)

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Heb. 10:23,35‑39• ²³Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)
³⁵Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense.
³⁶For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
³⁷For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay.
³⁸But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
³⁹But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:23,35‑39)

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1 John 2:19• ¹⁹They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)

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Jude 20‑21• ²⁰But *ye*, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
²¹keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. (Jude 20‑21)

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Ezek. 3:20• ²⁰And when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die; because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. (Ezek. 3:20)

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Ezek. 18:24• ²⁴And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die. (Ezek. 18:24)

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Ezek. 33:17‑19• ¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
¹⁸When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and doeth what is wrong, then he shall die therein.
¹⁹And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall live for these things. (Ezek. 33:17‑19)

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Matt. 3:9‑10• ⁹And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
¹⁰And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. (Matt. 3:9‑10)

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John 15:2• ²As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)

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Rev. 2:5• ⁵Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent. (Rev. 2:5)

• This had happened to the Jews; it should be the same with the Gentiles if they did not continue in that goodness. Such is the government of God, with regard to that which stood as His tree on the earth. (“Romans 11” by J.N. Darby)

• “If thou continue . . . otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.” Due to slighting present privileges to Gentiles, heartless Laodicean Christendom is about to be spued out (Rev. 3:16). (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)

• The wild olive branches that have been grafted in are warned that they, too, will be "cut off," if they don't "continue in His goodness" (vs. 22). This refers to the privilege that is presently being shown to Christendom being taken away through judgment (Rev. 3:16). (“The Stumbling of Israel–Opening the Way for Blessing to Go Out to the Gentiles, and the Gentile's Rejection of Grace–Preparing the Way for Israel's Restoration: Romans 11” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

Behold then the goodness and severity of God: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness of God, if thou shalt abideg in goodness, since otherwise *thou* also wilt be cut away.

JND Translation Notes

The subjunctive, "if thou shouldest abide," or "abidest." There are three degrees of condition in Greek. indicative, if the fact arrives; subjunctive, doubtful if it will; and conditional, of uncertain probability.

W. Kelly Translation

Behold then God’s goodness and severity: upon those that fell severity, and upon thee God’sa goodness, if thou abide in the goodness; since [otherwise] thou also shalt be cut off.

WK Translation Notes

"God" is attested by the oldest MSS. beside many ancient versions.