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1 Therefore, I say: Has God driven away his people? Let it not be so! For I, too, am an Israelite of the offspring of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not driven away his people, whom he foreknew. And do you not know what Scripture says in Elijah, how he calls upon God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.” 4 But what is the Divine response to him? “I have retained for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent their knees before Baal.” 5 Therefore, in the same way, again in this time, there is a remnant that has been saved in accord with the choice of grace. 6 And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free. 7 What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded, Romans 11:1-7, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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