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1 I say then, Has God rejected his people It may not be. For I also am an Israelite, of Abraham's seed, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not in Elias, what says the writing? how he addresses God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, thy prophets have they killed, and dug down thine altars; and I alone was left, and they seek my soul. 4 But what say to him the intimations of divine will I have left to myself seven thousand men, who bent not the knee to Baal. 5 So then also in the time now has been a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if to grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. And if of works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then What Israel seeks for, this be attained not; but the selection attained, and the rest were hardened. Romans 11:1-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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