Romans 11:16 “If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the…”

Romans 11:16

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For if the first fruites be holy, so is the whole lumpe: and if the roote be holy, so are the branches.

Darby Translation

Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.

Young's Literal Translation

and if the first-fruit [is] holy, the lump also; and if the root [is] holy, the branches also.

Bible in Basic English

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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Cross references

“if the first-fruit”

Proverbs 3:9 Ezekiel 44:30 Leviticus 23:10 Numbers 15:17–21 James 1:18 Exodus 23:16

Proverbs 3:9 · BSB

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;

Ezekiel 44:30 · BSB

The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.

Leviticus 23:10 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

Numbers 15:17–21 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses,

James 1:18 · BSB

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

Exodus 23:16 · BSB

You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

“and if”

Jeremiah 2:21 Romans 11:17 Genesis 17:7 1 Corinthians 7:14

Jeremiah 2:21 · BSB

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Romans 11:17 · BSB

Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

Genesis 17:7 · BSB

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

1 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

17Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,

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