“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Romans 11:3 in context
Romans 11:1–6
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I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
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“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”†
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But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
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And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
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