Romans 9:11
(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),
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10And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac
12it was said to her, The older will serve the younger.
Cross References
Isaiah 14:24LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
Isaiah 23:9LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:29And the land trembles and is in pain, for the purposes of LORD against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.
Ephesians 1:4Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.
Ephesians 2:3Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:7-14
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. 10 And not only this; but when… Read the whole commentary →