Romans 11:5 Meaning and Explanation
“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Romans 11:5 Mean?
Paul draws the line from the past into the present. The same God who kept seven thousand in Elijah's day has preserved a remnant now, believing Israelites like Paul himself who have received the gospel.
He names the ground of their standing as grace. They are not the remnant because they earned it but because God in His kindness called them. The word remnant carries quiet hope: a small faithful number is the seed from which God brings a larger harvest, and grace is the soil in which it grows.
Romans 11:5 in the Original Language
leimma (λεῖμμα), 'remnant' -- a remaining portion preserved, here the faithful few God keeps for Himself.
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What does Romans 11:5 mean?
Just as in Elijah's day, Paul says, a remnant remains in his own time, chosen by grace.