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Romans 9:11-12
GOD’S WORD Translation
Romans 9:11-12
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 Before the children had been born or had done anything good or bad, Rebekah was told that the older child would serve the younger one. This was said to Rebekah so that God’s plan would remain a matter of his choice, 12 a choice based on God’s call and not on anything people do.[a]
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- 9:12 The last part of verse 12 (in Greek) has been placed in verse 11 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.
Romans 9:11-12
New International Version
Romans 9:11-12
New International Version
11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(A)—in order that God’s purpose(B) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[a](C)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23
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