12. But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
13. I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry
14. in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.
15. For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
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.
17. If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
18. do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19. You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."