²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. ²² Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God—harshness toward those who have fallen, but^[a] God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness;^[b] otherwise you also will be cut off. ²³ And even they—if they do not continue in their unbelief—will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.