Romans 9:11
(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called;)
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10And not only so; but when Rebecca also had conception by one, even Isaac our father;
12it was said unto her, “That the elder shall be servant to the younger.”
Cross References
Romans 8:28But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.
Ephesians 1:4as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love:
Ephesians 2:3among whom also we all have had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as well as the rest.
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 →