11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of (A)him who calls—

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13 As it is written, (A)“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,[a] but on God, who has mercy.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:16 Greek not of him who wills or runs

(A)even as he (B)chose us in him (C)before the foundation of the world, that we should be (D)holy and blameless before him. In love

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(A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…

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