glory not over the branches: but if thou gloriest, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee. "glory not" -'do not be uplifted in pride over' (Bas); 'don't let yourself feel superior to those former branches' (Phi)

The Gentile believers must not yield to the temptation to look down upon the Jews who were broken off. But for the grace of God which enabled them to be grafted in, they would have remained lost. They were not morally superior to the Jewish race.

"it is not" -'let this consideration humble thee' (Alford p. 943)

Many of the Jews viewed themselves as indispensible, 'God should really be thankful for them' (Luke 18:9 ff) and they found themselves cut off!

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