Romans 9:11
“(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;)”
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
(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;)
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Related Verses
“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.”
“Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?”
“As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.”
“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.”
“So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”