Romans 9:11
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
12not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
Cross References
Isaiah 14:24The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:29The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Ephesians 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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 →