Romans 9:11
for the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
10Not only so; but Rebecca also having cohabitation of one, our father Isaac;
12and it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger:
Cross References
Romans 8:28But we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.
Ephesians 1:4as he elected us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in his presence.
Ephesians 2:3among whom we all indeed at one time lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were by nature the children of wrath, like the rest also:
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 →