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Romans 11:2Rom.11.2

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

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Greek original

οὐκ ἀπώσατο ὁ θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν προέγνω ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ἐν Ἠλίᾳ τί λέγει ἡ γραφή ὡς ἐντυγχάνει τῷ θεῷ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Dieu n'a point rejeté son peuple, qu'il a connu d'avance. Ne savez-vous pas ce que l'Ecriture rapporte d'Elie, comment il adresse à Dieu cette plainte contre Israël:

KJV

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

Patristic reading

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  • Diodorus of Tarsus

    Fragmenta in epistulam ad Romanos

    ειν μετα του εκτεινειν τας χειρας προς αυτους, δια δε του αυτου και το σχημα του σταυρου υποδεικνυς. Rom 11,1–2 Παλιν φοβηθεις ο αποστολος μη το πλεοναζον της αποβολης των Ἰουδαιων δοξηι αιρεσιν της απειθειας εργαζεσθαι, χωρει επι το ολιγον λειμμα της εκλογης των αποστολων και τω…
  • Gottschalk of Orbais

    Confession and Extended Confession

    but rather agrees with it, as the Apostle said: 'God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew' (Romans 11:2). Although elsewhere, combining both, but distinguishing them with a reasonable difference, he wonderfully defined it by saying: 'By predestination God foreknew those t…
  • Gottschalk of Orbais

    Confession and Extended Confession

    ly in the earlier sense, since the Apostle said, 'God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew' (Romans 11:2). When Augustine explained that in this context, "foreknowledge" means predestination (XI, 7), he mentioned a bit later: To predestine is to foreknow what he himself…

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