Romans 11:1-12 - A Remnant Of Israel Remains
1 I SAY then, has God cast away his people? By no means; for I also am an Israelite, of the race of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes with God against Israel?
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal. 5 So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace; 6 but if by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no longer grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a work is no longer a work.
7 What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained; and the rest were hardened,??8 as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear??o this day.
9 And David says, Let their table become a trap and a snare and an offense and a stumbling block to them; 10 let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means; but by their fall the nations have salvation to excite them to emulation. 12 But if their fall is the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of nations, how much more will their fullness be.