Romans 9:11

for not-yet of{begotten} nor of{practice[ing]} any beneficial or bad, in-which-place the place-forth-sis[i.e. state of placing forth] according-to choice of{the God} would-be-remaining not out of{works}; contrariwise, out of{the calling[verb participle]},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

In Context

10Moreover, not only; contrariwise, also Rebecca, having [marriage/family]bed out of{one}, Isaac, of{the father} of{us},

12it-is-said to{same[feminine]} that "the greater will-slave to{the inferior},"

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Cross References

Romans 8:28Moreover, we-have-beheld that to{the loving} the God all is-working-together into beneficial to{the being called[adjective]} according-to place-forth-sis[i.e. state of placing forth],

Ephesians 1:4according-as he-chooses us in to{same} before of{[the] cast-down} of{[the] world}, us to-be-being holy and unblemished down-in-sight of{same}, in to{love}

Ephesians 2:3in to{whom[plural]} also we all are-turned-anew at-what-time in to{the desire-upon-ias} of{the flesh} of{us}, doing the will-effects of{the flesh} and of{the through-minds/thinkings}, and we-have-been-being offsprings to{nature} of{wrath} as also the[plural] remaining.

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 →

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