(A)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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So too, at the present time there is a remnant(A) chosen by grace.(B)

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27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:

(A)“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
(B)The remnant will be saved.

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27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel:

“Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea,(A)
    only the remnant will be saved.(B)

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(A)having predestined us to (B)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, (C)according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, (D)by which He [a]made us accepted in (E)the Beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:6 Lit. bestowed grace (favor) upon us

he[a] predestined(A) us for adoption to sonship[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(C) and will— to the praise of his glorious grace,(D) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(E)

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  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

11 (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of (A)Him who calls),

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11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(A)—in order that God’s purpose(B) in election might stand:

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28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (A)beloved for the sake of the fathers.

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28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(A) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(B)

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And (A)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

What then? (B)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (C)blinded.

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  1. Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.

And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(A) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(B) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(C)

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