Romans 11:4-8
Romans 11:4
But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Romans 11:5
In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.
Romans 11:6
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace.
Romans 11:7
What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
Romans 11:8
just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes to see not and ears to hear not, Down to this very day.”