⁴ But what does the divine response say to him? “^(A)I have left for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ In this way then, at the present time, ^(B)a remnant according to God’s ^[a]gracious choice has also come to be. ⁶ But ^(C)if it is by grace, it is no longer of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.