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Romans 11:4-6 KJV
Romans · chapter 11 · verses 4–6
4But 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. 5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.Romans 11:4-6 · King James Version
Romans 11:4-6 in context
2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4But 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.
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
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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Key words (Strong's)
- accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- otherwiseepeiwhen, since, of time after, of cause since, seeing that, becauseG1893 →
- reservedkataleipōto leave behind, to depart from, leave, to be left, to bid to remain, to forsake, leave…G2641 →
- thousandheptakischilioiseven thousandG2035 →
- electioneklogēthe act of picking out, choosing, of the act of God s free will by which before the…G1589 →
- presentnynat this time, the present, nowG3568 →
- remnantleimmaa remnantG3005 →
- myselfemautouI, me, myself etcG1683 →
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The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (Rom 11:1): "Hath God cast away his people? Is the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Is the extent of the sentence so large as to be…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-32