⁴ But what is the divine reply to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”^{[a] 5} So then at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, then is it no longer by grace; otherwise work would no longer be work.