<p>11:22- see on Mt. 3:7.</p><p><em>Behold then the goodness and severity of God: Towards those that fell, severity; but toward you, God's goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also shall be cut off</em>- &quot;Goodness&quot; is the word used in 2:4 for how the Jewish Christians had despised God's goodness and refused to repent. The severe language of judgment used in chapters 1 and 2 appears to refer specifically to judgment upon those Jews in the Roman church who had turned away from Christ. The letter has opened with the description of their judgment, the cutting off of the Jewish branches, and warns the Gentile converts that they must not behave likewise but rather continue in His goodness. The Greek for &quot;severity&quot; means literally sharpness or an abrupt cut. It connects with the idea of the branches being cut off. But it is &quot;those that fell&quot; who are cut off; and so the 'cutting off' is again only a confirmation of their own falling off from the tree.</p>