Romans 11:1-6 ▼

1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he pleads with God against Israel?

3 Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!

4 But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal.

5 In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.

6 Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.