Discovery BoxRomans 11:4 
Context11:4 But what was the divine response 1 to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people 2 who have not bent the knee to Baal.” 3
Romans 1:20
Context1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people 4 are without excuse.
1 tn Grk “the revelation,” “the oracle.”
2 tn The Greek term here is ἀνήρ (anhr), which only exceptionally is used in a generic sense of both males and females. In this context, it appears to be a generic usage (“people”) since when Paul speaks of a remnant of faithful Israelites (“the elect,” v. 7), he is not referring to males only. It can also be argued, however, that it refers only to adult males here (“men”), perhaps as representative of all the faithful left in Israel.
3 sn A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18.
4 tn Grk “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
