Romans 10:18–11:6
18 But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”i v
19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,
“I will make you enviousw by those who are not a nation;
I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”j x
“I was found by those who did not seek me;
I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”k y
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”l z
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!a I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,b from the tribe of Benjamin.c 2 God did not reject his people,d whom he foreknew.e Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”a?f 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”b g 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnanth chosen by grace.i 6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;j if it were, grace would no longer be grace.