Romans 11:22
11:22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but 1 God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; 2 otherwise you also will be cut off.
Romans 11:24
11:24 For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?
1 tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.
2 tn Grk “if you continue in (the) kindness.”