Romans 11:1-10

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Israel’s Rejection Not Total

11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people?^(A) Absolutely not!^(B) For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^(C) from the tribe of Benjamin. ²God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.^(D) Or don’t you know^(E) what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel? ³Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!^[a]^(F) ⁴But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal.^[b]^(G) ⁵In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.^(H) ⁶Now if by grace,^(I) then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.^[c]

⁷What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,^(J) but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,^(K) ⁸as it is written,

God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.^[d]^(L)

⁹And David says,

Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a pitfall and a retribution to them.
¹⁰Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and their backs be bent continually.^[e]^(M)

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Footnotes

11:3 1Kg 19:10,14
11:4 1Kg 19:18
11:6 Other mss add But if of works it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10
11:9–10 Ps 69:22–23

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