Romans 11:16
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 11
“For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.”Romans 11:16
What Does Romans 11:16 Mean?
Romans 11:16 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 11, verse 16 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Romans 11:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Mark 10:14“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”Proverbs 3:9“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”Isaiah 6:13“But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.”Ezekiel 44:30“And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.”Jeremiah 2:3“Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.”Acts 16:31“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”Leviticus 23:10“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:”Numbers 15:17“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”Isaiah 27:6“He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.”Jeremiah 2:21“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?”1 Corinthians 7:14“For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.”James 1:18“Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”Leviticus 21:15“Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.”Deuteronomy 26:2“That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.”Jeremiah 32:39“And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:”Hosea 14:6“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”Zechariah 14:16“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.”Acts 2:39“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.”Romans 11:17“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;”James 3:12“Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.”
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