Rom 11:7 from Bob and Susan,

\v 7 So though the people of Israel hoped for the things that God had promised, most of them did not receive those things. Only those whom God had chosen received them. But the rest of the people of Israel became stubborn.

Tom

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 \v 6 Since it is because he acts kindly toward those whom he chooses, it is not because they have done good things that he has chosen them. If God chose people because they did good deeds, then he would not need to act kindly toward them.
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-\v 7 Since God chose only some people of Israel, this makes us know that most of the Jews failed to get what they were looking for—although the Jews whom God chose did get it. Most of the Jews remained unwilling to understand what God was telling them.
+\v 7 So though the people of Israel hoped for the things that God had promised, most of them did not receive those things. Only those whom God had chosen received them. But the rest of the people of Israel became stubborn.
 \v 8 This is exactly what the prophet Isaiah had written about: "God caused them to be stubborn. They should have been able to see what was true, but they would not to pay attention. They should have been able to hear what was spoken to them, but they would not pay attention to the message they were given. It has been like this until this very day." 
 
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