Romans 11:4-6 But how did God answer him? says : I Kings, “I i.e., God have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed their knee in worship to Baal Note: “Baal” was a term used for one of the idols worshiped in Elijah’s day by Canaanites and others in Palestine.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But how did God answer him? [I Kings 19:18 says], “I [i.e., God] have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed their knee [in worship] to Baal [Note: “Baal” was a term used for one of the idols worshiped in Elijah’s day by Canaanites and others in Palestine]. ⁵ So, now also, there is a small minority which has been selected by God’s unearned favor [i.e., to be saved]. ⁶ And if [they were selected] by God’s unearned favor, [then] the choice is not based on the good that people may do. Otherwise, God’s favor would not be [really] unearned.