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Romans 11:4 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” "
Romans 11:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
2 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:
3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
4 But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 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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Romans 11:1
"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."
Romans 11:2
"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:"
Romans 11:3
"“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”"
Romans 11:5
"Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace."
Romans 11:6
"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."
Romans 11:7
"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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