Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

² God did not reject His people whom He foreknew!

There Is Still a Remnant Chosen By God

Or do you not know what the Scripture says in-connection-with^[a] Elijah [in 1 Kings 19:14], how he appeals to God against Israel?— ³ “Lord, they killed Your prophets, they tore-down Your altars, and I alone was left, and they are seeking my life”. ⁴ But what does the divine-response say to him [in 1 Kings 19:18]?— “I left-remaining for Myself seven-thousand men^[b] who did not bow a knee to Baal”. ⁵ In this manner then, there has come-to-be a remnant^[c] also at the present time, according-to the choosing of grace. ⁶ And if it ^[d] is by grace, it is no longer by works. Otherwise the grace becomes grace no longer.

But The Rest Were Hardened By God

⁷ Therefore what? This^[e] which Israel is seeking-for, it did not obtain. But the chosen^[f] obtained it, and the rest were hardened, ⁸ just as it has been written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor [Isa 29:10], eyes that they may not see and ears that they may not hear, until this very day” [Deut 29:4]. ⁹ And David says [in Ps 69:22-23], “Let their table become a snare and a trap and a cause-of-falling and a retribution to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see. And bend^[g] their back continually”.