Romans 11:1-7

God Has Not Rejected Israel

I say then, has God ^arejected His people? ^bMay it never be! For ^cI too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 ¹^aGod has not rejected His people whom He ^bforeknew. ^cOr do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, ^athey have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “^aI have left for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 In this way then, at the present time, ^aa remnant according to God’s ¹gracious choice has also come to be. 6 But ^aif it is by grace, it is no longer of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
7 What then? What ^aIsrael is seeking, it has not obtained, but the chosen obtained it, and the rest were ^bhardened;