Romans 11:13-24.

Romans 11.13-24

I am now speaking to you Gentiles, and as long as I am an apostle to
you, I will take pride in my work. I hope in this way to make some of
my own people jealous enough to be saved. When Israel rejected God,
the rest of the people in the world were able to turn to him. So when
God makes friends with Israel, it will be like bringing the dead back
to life. If part of a batch of dough is made holy by being offered to
God, then all of the dough is holy. If the roots of a tree are holy,
the rest of the tree is holy too. You Gentiles are like branches of a
wild olive tree that were made to be part of a cultivated olive tree.
You have taken the place of some branches that were cut away from it.
And because of this, you enjoy the blessings that come from being part
of that cultivated tree. But don't think you are better than the
branches that were cut away. Just remember that you are not supporting
the roots of that tree. Its roots are supporting you. Maybe you think
those branches were cut away, so that you could be put in their place.
That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have
faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't
be proud, but be afraid. If God cut away those natural branches,
couldn't he do the same to you? Now you see both how kind and how hard
God can be. He was hard on those who fell, but he was kind to you. And
he will keep on being kind to you, if you keep on trusting in his
kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.
If those other branches will start having faith, they will be made a
part of that tree again. God has the power to put them back. After
all, it wasn't natural for branches to be cut from a wild olive tree
and to be made part of a cultivated olive tree. So it is much more
likely that God will join the natural branches back to the cultivated
olive tree."

God, bless you.