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Now if it is by grace, then it is not the result of works—otherwise grace would no longer be grace.[a]

God Planned a Way to Recover Some Hardened Jews

What then? Israel did not receive what it was striving to get. The elect did, but the rest were hardened. Just as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear,
right up to the present day.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:6 Some witnesses to the text add and if it were the result of works, it would no longer be grace—otherwise work would no longer be work.
  2. Romans 11:8 Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10