English “on” in Romans 4:5 was translated from Greek preposition 1909 epi  denoting superimposition. English “for” in Romans 4:5 was translated from Greek preposition 1519 eis denoting the point reached or entered into, of place, time, purpose, will or objective. Greek preposition 1519 eis appears immediately before English word “righteousness” in Romans 4:5 which was translated from Greek noun 1343 dikaiosune from a compound of Greek adjective 1342 dikaios describing and qualifying God’s definition of right and Greek suffix 4862 sun denoting union with God’s right. Romans 4:3 specifically refers to God performing the action of Greek verb 3049 logizomai unto Abraham whereby God instilled God’s right into Abraham, causing Abraham to be in union with God’s definition of right. Paul in Romans 4:5 is describing God’s generic process pursuant to God’s will and objective; which is the primary objective of the 4^th chapter of Romans which was horribly mistranslated by human beings not chosen by God. We must always be cognizant of the fact that the bible tells us that Jesus came to divide “the rest” from God’s “seven thousand” “election” as biblically proved in previous posts. God’s word is designed to divide “the rest” from God’s “seven thousand” “election” as biblically proved in previous posts.

English “him that justifieth” in Romans 4:5 was translated from Greek verb 1344 dikaioo meaning to make right per God’s definition of right. Only God can perform the action of Greek verb 1344 dikaioo. Please remember the crux of God’s process pursuant to God’s will consists of God casting God’s word unto the earth and then either choosing or removing human beings from God’s process pursuant to God’s will as a predicate of human reaction to God’s word as biblically proved in previous posts.    

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

English “to him that worketh” in Romans 4:5 was translated from Greek verb 2038 ergazomai meaning to work. English “him that” was added by a flesh translator approximately 410 years ago just like it was added in Romans 4:4. I have studied Greek, Roman and English history. Roman Emperor Constantine enlisted translators to translate Hebrew into Greek. King James enlisted translators to translate Hebrew and Greek into English. One of them enlisted 58 translators the other 72 and I can’t remember which was which. The point is that none of the translators would dare anger either Roman Emperor Constantine or King James because it could cost them their heads. English history recorded that King James told translators to perform a word for word translation from Hebrew and Greek into English. Translators submitted their translation along with a unanimous letter from translators noting that they did the best they could but word for word translations from Hebrew and Greek to English were not possible due to language inflection. Translators would have presented a unanimous front to protect each other. There are Greek words corresponding to English “we” “us” and “our” but pronouns corresponding to her, him, he, she, they, them, etc. do not exist in Greek and Hebrew so they were added by the flesh translators who translated Greek into English some 410 years ago. Greek verb 2038 ergazomai is from Greek noun 2041 ergon. When I searched the English word face in a dictionary I found 32 different definitions in the form of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. The old English phrase “that’s Greek to me” exemplifies the disparity between Greek and English languages. Greek noun 2041 ergon means work. Greek verb 2038 ergazomai means to work pursuant to the will or objective of the grammatical subject performing the verb’s action.  Greek noun 1012 boule is the counsel. Greek verb 1014 boulomai means to counsel pursuant to the will or objective of the grammatical subject performing the verb’s action. Take note that Greek suffix mai added to Greek noun 2041 ergon and Greek noun 1012 boule changed them to verbs. Greek masculine noun 3056 logos means word and was correctly translated into “Word” in John 1:1. Greek verb 3049 logizomai means to instill words pursuant to the will or objective of the grammatical subject performing the verb’s action. The bible repeatedly says: “I the LORD thy God am a jealous God”. God indeed instills his own Word.  God indeed counsels his own grammatical objects. God instills his own Word and counsels “seven thousand” “election” who “work the works of God”. Greek noun 2041 ergon was translated into “works” in James 2:18-26: “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works” “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble” “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead” “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar” “Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect” “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God” “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only” “Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way” “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also”. This paragraph reaffirms the necessity of works pursuant to God’s permanent endowment [Greek noun 5486 charisma] of God’s Spirit pursuant to God’s will. God’s process of casting his word unto the earth and temporarily bestowing his Spirit to see if we human beings [1] change our flesh thoughts and feelings in deference to God’s spiritual truth or [2] change God’s intrinsic truth to conform to the human being’s flesh thoughts and feelings. The number of human beings who do the former [1] is quantified in Romans 11:4-8 as “seven thousand” “election” and “the rest” who do the latter [2] is quantified as every human being other than God’s “seven thousand” “election” God said “I have reserved to myself”. The crux of the fourth chapter of Romans is dedicated to Paul explaining God’s process pursuant to God’s will.

English “grace” in Romans 4:4 was mistranslated from Greek noun 5485 charis being the temporary bestowment of God’s Spirit. Greek verb 5483 charizomai means to bestow the will or objective of the grammatical subject performing the verb’s action. Acts 7:51 and Mt 13:9-15 document that God’s bestowment of God’s spirit is temporary. Mt 12:32 and Heb 2:4 tell us why charis is temporary. Greek noun 5486 charisma was mistranslated 15 times into English “gift” and twice into “free gift”. Greek noun 5486 charisma is God’s permanent endowment of God’s Spirit pursuant to God’s will as documented by the Greek words in Romans 11:26-32. Greek noun 5545 chrisma is the “unction” of God’s “anointing” “seven thousand” “election” with God’s spirit. Please take note that Greek suffix mai added to Greek noun 5485 charis renders Greek verb 5483 charizomai which will help prove God’s definition of Greek verb 3049 logizomai  throughout the rest of the fourth chapter of Romans. English “him that worketh” in Romans 4:4 and “him that worketh not” in Romans 4:5 are not contradictive; they distinguish between Greek noun 5486 charisma being God’s permanent endowment of God’s Spirit pursuant to God’s will and Greek noun 5485 charis being the temporary bestowment of God’s Spirit to test human being’s suitability pursuant to God’s will. English “faith” usually refers to God’s faith in human beings pursuant to God’s will because our faith in God is of little consequence to God and has little or no impact on God’s will.

If you follow God’s 2Timothy 2:15 instruction “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” by studying every verse containing each Greek or Hebrew word whereby God may define each word for you. Jesus, speaking to his disciples “And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables”? “The sower soweth the word”. God’s “Word” explains God’s process pursuant to “the will of God”. Greek noun 5485 charis is the temporary bestowment of God’s Spirit and is the first step in aforementioned process. Second step is when God casts his word upon the earth. “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him” “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life”. There are two possible human reactions to God’s process. [1] The human being changes their flesh thoughts and feelings in deference to God’s spiritual truth whereby God leaves his Spirit in them and provides them more spiritual truth. [2] The human being changes God’s spiritual truth in deference to the human being’s flesh thoughts and feelings whereby God removes his Spirit from them and leaves them to their own devices being their own flesh thoughts and feelings or the flesh thoughts and feelings of their grammatical subject often being their religion.  Greek verb 863 aphiemi was 47 times mistranslated into various tenses of English “forgive” but actually means to send one thing away in deference to another as documented in  John 14:16-18 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever” “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you”. English “leave” was reasonably translated from Greek verb 863 aphiemi. God does not forgive sin. God displaces sin [which is intrinsic in flesh thoughts and feelings] with God’s Spiritual truth as determined by God’s aforementioned process. Greek noun 5486 charisma is the permanent endowment of God’s Spirit unto God’s “seven thousand” “election”. Human beings who consistently change their flesh thoughts and feeling in deference to God’s spiritual truth over a long period of time until God will never change his mind as documented by God’s Greek words in Romans 11:26-32. Anyone who studies every verse containing each Hebrew or Greek word will eventually understand God’s definition of every original Hebrew and Greek bible word as promised in God’s New Testament/covenant/contract/law with God’s “seven thousand” “election”.   

Two “of” in Romans 4:4 were translated from Greek primary particle 2596 kata meaning down according to the genitive case with which it is joined as grammatical objects are down from their grammatical subjects. Greek primary particle 2596 kata was reasonably translated 107 times into English “according to”.  It is helpful to understand world history as it relates to the bible. When Jesus and his disciples walked the earth there was only an Old Testament bible. The New Testament bible did not come into existence until 325 AD when the letters of Jesus’ disciples were superimposed by hand writing them in Greek on papyrus bible scrolls. The last four verses in the bible warn us of the consequences “If any man shall add unto” or “if any man shall take away from the words of the book”. Those Hebrew and Greek words were “added unto” and “taken away from” when they were translated into English in 1611 AD. Prior to 325 AD God instilled in Roman Emperor Constantine an overwhelming desire to create 50 bibles consisting of both an Old and New Testament. Prior to 1611 AD God placed in King James an overwhelming desire to translate the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament into English. God placed in James Strong an overwhelming desire to invest fifty years of his life into translating the King James English bible words back to their 8,674 original Hebrew and 5,524 original Greek words. The original Strong’s Concordance was in hard copy and was used in conjunction with a hard copy King James Bible. God caused software developers to create websites such as   http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html  to dramatically speed up the process of interfacing the Strong’s Concordance and King James Bible. God instilled in “seven thousand” “election” an overwhelming desire to document God’s process to others whereby “the rest” might consider the possibility that what they have been taught since birth [James 3:6] may not be consistent with God’s truth. “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell”.  English word’s “hell” “nature” and “iniquity” were erroneously translated. English “world” has been translated from five different Greek words meaning very different things as defined in Romans 3:3 post. English “members” was reasonably translated from Greek neuter noun 3196 melos which God defines and connects in 34 bible verses while English words seldom define God’s truth or connect to other bible verses. My objective is to uncover God’s process whereby God can reserve you to himself as documented in Romans 11:4-7. In the case of James 3:6 I am going to tell you the crux first then biblically prove the crux. James 3:6 says that from the moment of our birth tongues of human beings make us not right per God’s definition of right. English “nature” in James 3:6 was mistranslated from Greek noun 1078 genesis in the context of James 3:6 is the moment of a human’s birth. English “iniquity” in James 3:6 was mistranslated from Greek noun 93 adikia meaning not right, per God’s definition of right. English false narrative “hell” has been translated from Hebrew noun H7585 she’owl meaning grave, from Greek noun 1067 geenna being the valley of the son of Hinnom containing Jerusalem‘s garbage pit where Jesus instructed us to cast any flesh member [Mt 5:29 James 3:6] that offends God’s Spirit and from Greek noun 86 hades from a compound of Greek 1 a negative particle synonymous with English un or not and Greek verb 1492 eido meaning to see through the eyes and know through the thoughts of one‘s grammatical subject. Greek noun 86 hades is the inability to see through God’s eyes and know through God’s thoughts when a grammatical object has any grammatical subject other than God. “Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God”.

Greek noun 1067 geenna is the valley of the son of Hinnom containing Jerusalem‘s garbage pit where Jesus instructed us to cast any flesh member [tongue], which connects directly to God’s words in Jeremiah 32:35 “And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin”.

English “world” in the new testament has been translated from Greek noun 165 aion being an earth age, Greek noun 1093 ge being earth, Greek noun 2889 kosmos being the earth and its inhabitants, Greek verb 3195 mello being God’s plan for the future when God is our only grammatical subject. Greek verb 3195 mello was translated into “the world to come”. English “world” in the new testament was also translated from Greek noun 3625 oikoumene which encompasses the inhabitants of earthly kingdoms as found in Luke 2:1, Luke 4:5, Acts 11:28, Acts 17:6, Acts 19:27, Acts 24:5, Revelation 12:9 and Revelation 16:14.  Greek noun 3625 oikoumene also encompasses the inhabitants of God’s kingdom, pursuant to God’s will and future process “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him”. Greek noun 3625 oikoumene applies to God’s kingdom of heaven in Matthew 24:14, Acts 17:31, Romans 10:18, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 2:5 and Revelation 3:10.  To put Greek noun 3625 oikoumene into context you need to understand that English “again” in John 3:3 and 3:7 was mistranslated from Greek adverb 509 anothen meaning from above. This is not rocket science. Anyone should be able to read the 13 verses containing Greek adverb 509 anothen and know that it means “from above” not “again”. We are not born again by our faith in God. We are born from above by God’s faith in us pursuant to God’s will. Millions of human beings erroneously proclaim themselves “born again” evangelicals because they are grammatical objects of one of the world’s 4,351 religions rather than God. Greek noun 3625 oikoumene was translated into English “world” in Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come” which refers to the “thousand years” “Lord’s day” which will take place in the future, between this earth age and the eternal age that follows. There is one God. The world’s 4,351 religions do not bring people to God; they displace God as grammatical subjects. Remember Jesus said in no uncertain terms “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division”. God’s process has always been to divide and remove “the rest” of the world from God’s “seven thousand” “election” so God’s “seven thousand” “election” can cause “the rest” “to come unto the knowledge of the truth” during the “thousand years” “Lord’s day”. “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour” “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time”. Do you think maybe God told us there is “one mediator between God and men” to cause us to consider the possibility that 4,351 religions is inconsistent with God’s Word? I have neither the time nor the paper to list the source of all the world’s 4,351 religions but I can prove the Lutheran religion is predicated upon the thoughts and feelings of a flesh human being named Martin Luther who was born November 10, 1483 and died February 18, 1546. The Methodist religion is predicated upon the thoughts and feelings of a flesh human being named John Wesley who was born June 27, 1703 and died March 2, 1791. The world’s 4,351 religions are predicated upon the thoughts and feelings of  flesh human beings.

Many different sources estimate that there are between 4,200 and 4,400 world religions. I appreciated the website adherents.com that listed 4,351 world religions alphabetically. If you search Adherents.com today that search will render a loan website. If you copy and paste: https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20191204191121/https://www.adherents.com/you will be able to navigate the archived alphabetical list of the world’s 4,351 religions.

English “to him that worketh” in Romans 4:4 was translated from Greek verb 2038 ergazomai meaning to work. English “him that” was added by a flesh translator around 410 years ago. Greek verb 2038 ergazomai is from Greek noun 2041 ergon which was translated into “works” in James 2:18-26: “Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works” “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble” “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead” “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar” “Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect” “And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God” “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only” “Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way” “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also”. God’s temporary bestowment of God’s spirit/5485 charis is not predicated upon works. God’s permanent  endowment of God’s spirit/5486 charisma is predicated upon works.

English “reckoned” was mistranslated from Greek verb 3049 logizomai subjectively meaning to instill God’s true word and objectively meaning to receive God’s true word when and if God is our only grammatical subject. Greek verb 3049 logizomai was mistranslated into English think, thought, reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, take into account and to make account of etc. subsequent to grammatical subjects other than God performing the action of Greek verb 3049 logizomai.  

Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

When I prepare a document to post I just follow where God leads which is sometimes far from where we started as happened with Romans 4:3 post where I pasted Acts 17:29-31 but neglected to provide God’s definition of God’s Greek noun 3625 oikoumene which was translated into English “the world” in Acts 17:31. English “world” in the new testament has been translated from Greek noun 165 aion being an earth age, Greek noun 1093 ge being earth, Greek noun 2889 kosmos being the earth and it’s inhabitants, Greek verb 3195 mello being God’s plan for the future if God is your grammatical subject. Greek verb 3195 mello was translated into “the world to come”. English “world” in the new testament was also translated from Greek noun 3625 oikoumene which encompasses the inhabitants of earthly kingdoms as found in Luke 2:1, Luke 4:5, Acts 11:28, Acts 17:6, Acts 19:27, Acts 24:5, Revelation 12:9 and Revelation 16:14.  Greek noun 3625 oikoumene also encompasses the inhabitants of God’s kingdom, pursuant to God’s will and future process “That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him”. Greek noun 3625 oikoumene applies to God’s kingdom of heaven in Matthew 24:14, Acts 17:31, Romans 10:18, Hebrews 1:6, Hebrews 2:5 and Revelation 3:10. Millions of self proclaimed evangelicals are purveyors of English words that actually hide and cover God’s intrinsic truth contained in God’s original Hebrew and Greek words and reconfirms Luke 12:51 and Hebrews 4:12.

God has entered into a New Testament/covenant/contract/law with God’s “seven thousand” “election” predicated upon God’s “election” following God’s instruction to “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” whereby God contractually defines each Hebrew and Greek word for them. English “word” emboldened in  2Timothy 2:15 was translated from Greek masculine noun 3056 logos.  English “truth” emboldened in 2Timothy 2:15 was translated from Greek feminine noun 225 aletheia. English “truth” throughout the bible was 107 times translated from Greek noun 225 aletheia. English “to tell” and “to speak the truth” were twice translated from Greek verb 226 aletheuo. English “true” was 25 times translated from Greek adjective 227 alethes. English “true” was also translated 27 times from Greek adjective 228 alethinos. English “of a truth” was 21 times translated from Greek adverb 230 alethos describing the single inherent source of the Greek verb 226 aletheuo. Greek noun 225 aletheia, Greek verb 226 aletheuo, Greek adjective 227 alethes, Greek adjective 228 alethinos and Greek adverb 230 alethos are all from a compound of Greek 1 a negative particle synonymous with English un or not and Greek verb 2990 lanthano meaning to hide by covering. The bible says “All men are liars” “God be true, but every man a liar” because men cover God’s spiritual truth with lies that are intrinsic in flesh thoughts and feelings. Greek verb 3049 logizomai subjectively means to instill God’s true word and objectively means to receive God’s true word predicated upon God being our one and only grammatical subject. Flesh human beings did hide God’s true Greek verb 3049 logizomai by covering God’s intrinsic truth with English words “reasoned” “numbered” “reckoned” “despised” “thinkest thou” “shall be counted” “conclude” “was counted” “is reckoned” “is counted” “imputeth” “impute” “was reckoned” “was it reckoned”  “might be imputed” “was imputed” “reckon” “accounted” “are accounted” “so account” “thinketh” “thought” “to think” “imputing” “suppose” “may be laid” “Accounting” and “suppose” which have nothing to do with Greek verb 3049 logizomai Greek adjective 3050 logikos Greek neuter noun 3051 logion  Greek adjective 3052 logios Greek masculine noun 3053 logismos or Greek masculine noun 3056 logos. God makes it clear that billions of human beings hide God’s intrinsic spiritual truth by covering God’s intrinsic spiritual truth with their own flesh thoughts and feelings as confirmed by the English words “reasoned” “numbered” “reckoned” “despised” “thinkest thou” “shall be counted” “conclude” “was counted” “is reckoned” “is counted” “imputeth” “impute” “was reckoned” “was it reckoned”  “might be imputed” “was imputed” “reckon” “accounted” “are accounted” “so account” “thinketh” “thought” “to think” “imputing” “suppose” “may be laid” “Accounting” and “suppose” which have nothing to do with God’s definition of Greek verb 3049 logizomai. Greek masculine noun 3056 logos was correctly translated into “Word” in John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. Greek masculine noun 3056 logos was mistranslated into English “matter” in Acts 8:21, into “work” in Romans 9:28, into “account” in Romans 14:12, into “speech” in 1Corinthians 4:19, into “communication” in Ephesians 4:29, into “reason” in 1Peter 3:15 and “account” in 1Peter 4:5 because flesh human beings have been allowed to mistranslate and misinterpret God’s intrinsic truth contained in God’s original Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament words. The Hebrew and Greek words from which English old/new testament were translated were never ever capitalized. Some flesh human being deciding they should be capitalized did not make it so. Romans 4:4-8 will prove that Greek verb 3049 logizomai means to instill God’s true word when God is our only grammatical subject.

I need to finish Romans 4:3 by pointing out that by performing the action of Greek verb 3049 logizomai God instilled God’s definition of right into Abraham.

Jesus, in Luke 12:51 said: “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division”. Hebrews 4:12 tells us “the word of God” is also designed to divide us and Matthew 12:32 tells us why. Romans 11:4-8 tells us how. God’s “seven thousand” “election” understand God’s definition of Greek verb 3049 logizomai even though it has been 40 times translated by flesh human beings into English words that have nothing to do with God’s true definition. God’s “seven thousand” “election” followed God’s 2Timothy 2:15 instructions and studied every verse containing Greek verb 3049 logizomai, Greek adjective 3050 logikos, Greek neuter noun 3051 logion, Greek adjective 3052 logios, Greek masculine noun 3053 logismos, Greek verb 3054 logomacheo, Greek feminine noun 3055 logomachia, and Greek masculine noun 3056 logos.

The only logical process pursuant to God’s will adequately defined in English in Luke 3:6 Acts 24:15  2 Peter 3:9 Ephesians 1:10 Romans 8:21 Romans 14:11-12 and 1Timothy 2:3-6 is for God to “gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth” “unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels” where all creation “shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God” “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;” “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”. The bible verses noted in this paragraph are well translated so we are without excuse. Jesus said: “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division”. Jesus came to divide those who will not do God’s will from God’s “seven thousand” “election” who understand and shall do God’s will. God’s word is designed pursuant to the same division as documented in “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”. God said in Romans 11:4-7 “But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal” “Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace” “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work” “What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded”. Israel is among “the rest” and “the rest” is everyone other than God’s “seven thousand” “election”.