Paul describes in his Letter to the Romans how the Church of the Gentiles is like a wild olive shoot, grafted onto the cultivated olive tree which is the People of the Covenant (cf. 11:17-24).

• 保罗在罗马书（11：17-24）里面写到，加纳太人（外邦人）是如何像一个野橄榄的枝子接在了好橄榄的枝上（这里作为与上帝立约的以色列子民）。