CLV(i)
1 I am saying, then, Does not God thrust away His people? May it not be coming to that! For I also am an Israelite, out of Abraham's seed, Benjamin's tribe."
2 God does not thrust away His people whom He foreknew. Or have you not perceived in Elijah what the scripture is saying, as he is pleading with God against Israel?
3 Lord, Thy prophets they kill, Thine altars they dig down, and I was left alone, and they are seeking my soul."
4 But what is that which apprises saying to him? I left for Myself seven thousand men who do not bow the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Thus, then, in the current era also, there has come to be a remnant according to the choice of grace."
6 Now if it is in grace, it is no longer out of works, else the grace is coming to be no longer grace. Now, if it is out of works, it is no longer grace, else the work is no longer work."
7 What then? What Israel is seeking for, this she did not encounter, yet the chosen encountered it. Now the rest were calloused,