Romans 11:1-10

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I ask, then, hhas God rejected his people? By no means! For iI myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,1 a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people:

By no means!

For I myself am an Israelite

A descendant of Abraham

A member of the tribe of Benjamin.

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2 jGod has not rejected his people whom he kforeknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew

Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah

How he appeals to God against Israel?

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3 l“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God’s reply to him? m“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Lord:

They have killed your prophets

They have demolished your altars

I alone am left, and they seek my life

But what is God’s reply to him?

I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal

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5 So too at the present time there is na remnant, chosen by grace. 6 oBut if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

So too at the present time there is a remnant

Chosen by grace

But if it is by grace

It is no longer on the basis of works

Oherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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7 What then? pIsrael failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest qwere hardened, 8 as it is written,r“God gave them a spirit of stupor,seyes that would not seeand ears that would not hear,down to this very day.”9 And David says,t“Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution for them;10  let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.

What then:

Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking

The elect obtained it

But the rest were hardened

As it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,down to this very day.”

And David says:

“Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever.