⁴ But what ^[a]is the divine response to him? “^(A)I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time ^(B)a remnant according to God’s ^[b]gracious choice. ⁶ But ^(C)if it is by grace, it is no longer ^[c]on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace.