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1 I ask then: Hath God cast away His people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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1 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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2 God hath not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Know ye not what the Scripture saith of Elijah, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
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2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel:
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3 "Lord, they have killed Thy prophets and torn down Thine altars, and I am left alone and they seek my life"?
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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" ?
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4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? "I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal."
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4 And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
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5 Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it be by works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
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6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
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7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded,
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7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
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8 according as it is written: "God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."
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8 as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day."
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9 And David saith, "Let their table be made a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense unto them.
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9 And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their backs alway."
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10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
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