5. So also at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
6. But if by grace, it is no longer because of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
7. What then? What Israel was seeking it did not attain, but the elect attained it; the rest were hardened,
8. as it is written:“God gave them a spirit of deep sleep,eyes that should not seeand ears that should not hear,down to this very day.”
9. And David says:“Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10. let their eyes grow dim so that they may not see,and keep their backs bent forever.”
11. Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.
12. Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number.