9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
11:2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
11:3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!”
11:5 So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
11:6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The