New American Standard Bible 1995 NASB95
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1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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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.
2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
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God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. 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, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE."
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“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me” ?
4 But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."
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And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice.
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So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.
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And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
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