Romans 11:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 11:5

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.”

9 And David says:
^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.”

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!

Verse Comparison: Romans 11:5

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American Standard Version
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Amplified® Bible
So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God's unmerited favor and graciousness).

Contemporary English Version
It is the same way now. God was kind to the people of Israel, and so a few of them are still his followers.

Darby English Version
Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.

Good News Bible
It is the same way now: there is a small number left of those whom God has chosen because of his grace.

International Standard Version
So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

King James Version
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

New American Standard Bible
In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to {God's} gracious choice.

New International Version
So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

New King James Version
Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
In the same way then, there has also come into existence at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice.

Young's Literal Translation
So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;

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