(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;)
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
car, quoique les enfants ne fussent pas encore nés et qu'ils n'eussent fait ni bien ni mal, -afin que le dessein d'élection de Dieu subsistât, sans dépendre des oeuvres, et par la seule volonté de celui qui appelle, -
KJV
(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;)
Barnabae epistula
Barnabae epistula
: Ἐδεῖτο δὲ Ἰσαὰκ περὶ Ῥεβέκκας τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι στεῖρα ἦν: καὶ συνέλαβεν. Gen. 25, 22-23 cf. Rom. 9, 10-12 εἶτα ἐξῆλθεν Ῥεβέκκα πυθέσθαι παρὰ κυρίου, καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτήν: Δύο ἔθνη ἐν τῇ γαστρί σου καὶ δύο λαοὶ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ σου, καὶ ὑπερέξει λαὸς λαοῦ καὶ ὁ μείζων…
Diodorus of Tarsus
Fragmenta in epistulam ad Romanos
επαγγελια του θεου, η δε επαγγελια κατα δικαιοκρισιαν, και ως επι του Ἰσαακ, ουτω και επι των εθνων. Rom 9,11 98 Ἰδιωμα εστι γραφικον εκ της Ἑβραΐδος 7 Ερευνητικο εργο: ∆ΡΟΜΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΙΣΤΗΣ – ΨΗΦΙΑΚΗ ΠΑΤΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Εργαστηριο ∆ιαχειρισης Πολιτισµικης Κληρονοµιας, www.aegean.gr/cultural…
Florus of Lyon
Book against John Scotus
d to her, 'The older will serve the younger.' As it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'" (Romans 9:11-13; Malachi 1:1-2). Therefore, it is clear in this example, and in Jacob, who was loved and chosen without any merits and yet was similarly subject to original sin, th…
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