Romans 9:11
“(For the children being not yet borne, neither hauing done any good or euil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of workes, but of him that calleth.)”
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Romans 9:11 Context
9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne. 10And not onely this, but when Rebecca also had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac, 11(For the children being not yet borne, neither hauing done any good or euil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of workes, but of him that calleth.) 12It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger. 13As it is written, Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated.
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(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;)
- King James Version
for though {the twins} were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to {His} choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,
- New American Standard Version (1995)