Romans 11:1-12 - A Remnant Of Israel Remains
1 I say then, Did not God put away His people? Let it not be said! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not thrust out His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture said in Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,
3 "Lord, they killed Your prophets and dug down Your altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
4 But what does the Divine answer say to him? "I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5 Even so then, also in this present time a remnant according to the election of grace has come into being. 6 But if by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it is of works, then it is no more of grace; otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened 8 even as it is written, "God gave to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not seeing, and ears not hearing" until this day.
9 And David said, "Let their table become for a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and their back always bowing."
11 I say then, Did they not stumble that they fall? Let it not be! But by their slipping away came salvation to the nations, to provoke them to jealousy. 12 But if their slipping away is the riches of the world, and their default is the riches of the nations, how much more their fullness?