5. Even 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 of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
8. Just as it is written:“God has given them a spirit of stupor,Eyes that they should not seeAnd ears that they should not hear,To this very day.”
9. And David says:“Let their table become a snare and a trap,A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,And bow down their back always.”
11. I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.