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Selected Verse: Romans 11:20 - King James

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Ro 11:20 King James Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Well--"Be it so, but remember that"

because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest--not as a Gentile, but solely

by faith--But as faith cannot live in those "whose soul is lifted up" (Hab 2:4).

Be not high-minded, but fear-- (Pro 28:14; Phi 2:12):
 
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12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: