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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Romans 11:6 in context
Romans 11:3–9
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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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What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn’t obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
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According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”
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David says,
“Let their table be made a snare, a trap,
a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
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