Romans 11:2-6 God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have you not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing says? how he does plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

RYLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ² God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have you not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing says? how he does plead with God concerning Israel, saying, ³ 'Lord, Your prophets they did kill, and Your altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;' ⁴ but what says the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.' ⁵ So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there has been; ⁶ and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becomes no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.