| 20 | That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe. |
| 21 | For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. |
| 22 | Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off. |
| 23 | And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. |
