Romans 11:2

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KJV King James Version

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

BSB Berean Standard Bible

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

WEB World English Bible

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:

ASV American Standard Version

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:

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known—in Elijah—what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

Surrounding context — Romans 11

1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin.

2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

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

4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved 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 election of grace.

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Psalm 94:14For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.Romans 8:29-30For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.Numbers 16:15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.Acts 3:17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did [it], as [did] also your rulers.Romans 9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?Exodus 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.Hebrews 1:1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,Jeremiah 18:19-23Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.Acts 7:40Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?Romans 9:6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:Acts 13:48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.Acts 15:18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.Luke 4:1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,Philippians 1:22But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.John 4:1-3When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

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