Romans 11:1-10 ▼

1 I say, then, did God cast off His people? It could not be! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God did not cast off His people whom He foreknew. Or know ye not what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel:

3 "Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have digged down Thy altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my soul."

4 But what says the answer of God to him? "I left for Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

5 Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.

6 But, if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise the grace becomes no longer grace. [But, if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.]

7 What, then? What Israel is seeking for, this he did not obtain; but the election obtained it , and the rest were hardened;

8 as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."

9 And David says, "Let their table be a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them:

10 let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."