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Romans 11:2

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God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

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Romans 11:2 in other translations

God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:

Romans 11:2 · American Standard Version

Romans 11:2 in context

  1. 1I 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.
  2. 2God didn’t reject his people, which he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:
  3. 3“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
  4. 4But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”