Romans 9:11
before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
10Nor this only; but Rebecca also, when she had cohabited with one man, our father Isaac,
12For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger.
Cross References
Romans 8:28And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.
Ephesians 1:4according as he had previously chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without blame before him; and, in love, predestinated us for himself;
Ephesians 2:3in which deeds we also, formerly, were conversant, in the cravings of our flesh; and we did the pleasure of our flesh, and of our mind, and were altogether the children of wrath, like 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 →