What then? "How will we describe the present situation, if not in the painful language of Romans 11:1?" It was the small group. See Romans 11:5. The rest grew deaf to God's call. [EPOROSETHAN is 3 pers. pl. aor. 1, ind. passive.] Compare 2 Corinthians 3:14. Paul is purposely vague about how they grew deaf to God.

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