And this will surely come to pass. For if the first fruits be holy, so is the lump — The consecration of them was esteemed the consecration of all and so the conversion of a few Jews is an earnest of the conversion of all the rest. And if the root be holy — The patriarchs from whom they spring, surely God will at length make their descendants also holy.
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Romans 11:16
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.