6. And if by grace, then is it not by works; otherwise, the grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.
7. What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks after; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8. (according as it is written, God has given them the spirit of anguish, eyes with which they do not see and ears with which they do not hear) unto this day.
9. And David says, Let their table be turned into a snare and a net and a stumblingblock and a recompense unto them;
10. Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.
11. I say then, Have they stumbled in such a manner that they should fall completely? No, in no wise; but rather through their fall, saving health is come unto the Gentiles to provoke them unto jealousy.
12. And if the fall of them is the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their fullness be?