Romans 11:1-2 Then I ask, “Did God reject His own people i.e., the Jews?” Certainly not! For I am an Israelite too, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then I ask, “Did God reject His [own] people [i.e., the Jews]?” Certainly not! For I am an Israelite too, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. ² God did not reject His people whom He knew previously. Or, do you not know what the Scriptures say in the passage where Elijah pleads with God against Israel?