I say then, Hath God cast away his people? ^aGod forbid. For I also am an ^bIsraelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

 2 God hath not cast away his ^apeople which he ^bforeknew. ^cWot ye not what the scripture saith of ^dElias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

 3 Lord, they have ^akilled thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am ^bleft alone, and they seek my life.

 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have ^areserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the ^aelection of grace.

 6 And if by ^agrace, then is it no more of ^bworks: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest ^awere blinded

 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of ^aslumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not ^bhear;) unto this day.

 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a ^asnare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a ^brecompence unto them:

 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? ^aGod forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to ^bjealousy.

 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the ^adiminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?

 13 For I speak to you ^aGentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I ^bmagnify mine office:

 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

 15 For if the casting away of them be the ^areconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?