6And 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.
7What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn`t obtain, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."
9David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, A stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
11I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Certainly not! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
