“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.”
So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace — the pattern holds in Paul's own era (ton nun kairon). The remnant exists kata eklogēn charitos (according to election of grace), underscoring that the remnant is constituted not by works but by God's gracious selection. The principle governs both Elijah's time and the present, establishing continuity.
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