罗马书11:1-6
1我且说，神弃绝了他的百姓吗？断乎没有。因为我也是以色列人，亚伯拉罕的后裔，属便雅悯支派的。2神并没有弃绝他预先所知道的百姓。你们岂不晓得经上论到以利亚是怎么说的呢？他在神面前怎样控告以色列人，说，3主啊，他们杀了你的先知，拆了你的祭坛，只剩下我一个人，他们还要寻索我的命。4神的回话是怎么说的呢？他说，我为自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的。5如今也是这样，照着拣选的恩典还有所留的余数。6既是出于恩典，就不在乎行为。不然，恩典就不是恩典了。
1I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you realize what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said, 3“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”#11:3 1 Kgs 19:10, 14. 4And do you remember God’s reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”#11:4 1 Kgs 19:18. 5It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel#11:5 Greek for a remnant. have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them. 6And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.
