3 a“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?
4 But what does the divine response say to him? a“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 aEven so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And aif by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.1 But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? aIsrael has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were bblinded.
8 Just as it is written:
a“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
bEyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
a“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
bEyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
a“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
a“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”
And bow down their back always.”
Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But athrough their fall, to provoke them to bjealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
12 Now if their1 fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Definitions of words in Romans 11:5:
Election {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Grace {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Grace {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Present {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Remnant {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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