Romans 9:11
(for they being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls),
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
10And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, our father Isaac
12it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.
Cross References
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Ephesians 1:4as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
Ephesians 2:3among whom we also all walked in time past in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as 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 →