God’s Love for His People

11 So I ask, “God has not rejected his people, has he?” Of course not! I am an Israeli myself, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.

⁵ So it is at the present time: there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

⁷ What, then, does this mean?^[a] It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.