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Romans 11:16

NETBible	If the first portion¹ of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.²
NIV © biblegateway Rom 11:16	If 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.
NASB © biblegateway Rom 11:16	If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.
NLT © biblegateway Rom 11:16	And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their children will also be holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.
MSG © biblegateway Rom 11:16	Behind and underneath all this there is a holy, God-planted, God-tended root. If the primary root of the tree is holy, there's bound to be some holy fruit.
BBE © SABDAweb Rom 11:16	And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
NRSV © bibleoremus Rom 11:16	If the part of the dough offered as first fruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; and if the root is holy, then the branches also are holy.
NKJV © biblegateway Rom 11:16	For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy ; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
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KJV	For <1161> if <1487> the firstfruit <536> [be] holy <40>_, the lump <5445> [is] also <2532> [holy]: and <2532> if <1487> the root <4491> [be] holy <40>_, so <2532> [are] the branches <2798>_.
NASB © biblegateway Rom 11:16	If <1487> the first <536> piece <536> of dough is holy <40> , the lump <5445> is also <2532> ; and if <1487> the root <4491> is holy <40> , the branches <2798> are too <2532> .
NET [draft] ITL	If <1487> the first portion of the dough offered <536> is holy <40> , then <2532> the whole batch <5445> is holy, and <2532> if <1487> the root <4491> is holy <40> , so too <2532> are the branches <2798> .
GREEK	ei <1487> COND de <1161> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF aparch <536> N-NSF agia <40> A-NSF kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-NSN furama <5445> N-NSN kai <2532> CONJ ei <1487> COND h <3588> T-NSF riza <4491> N-NSF agia <40> A-NSF kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM kladoi <2798> N-NPM

NETBible

If the first portion¹ of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.²

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “firstfruits,” a term for the first part of something that has been set aside and offered to God before the remainder can be used.

²sn Most interpreters see Paul as making use of a long-standing metaphor of the olive tree (the root…the branches) as a symbol for Israel. See, in this regard, Jer 11:16, 19. A. T. Hanson, Studies in Paul’s Technique and Theology, 121-24, cites rabbinic use of the figure of the olive tree, and goes so far as to argue that Rom 11:17-24 is a midrash on Jer 11:16-19.