What then: Romans 3:9, Romans 6:15; 1 Corinthians 10:19; Philippians 1:18
Israel: Romans 9:31-32, Romans 10:3; Proverbs 1:28; Luke 13:24; Hebrews 12:17
but the election: That is, the elect, the abstract being used for the concrete. So the Jews or the circumcised people, are called Israel, or the circumcision. Romans 11:5, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 9:23; Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 1 Peter 1:2
and the rest: Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 44:18; Matthew 13:14-15; John 12:40; 2 Corinthians 3:14, 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
blinded: or, hardened, Romans 9:18