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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;) |
(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls), |
for though the twins were not yet born, and had not done anything good or bad, in order that God’s purpose according to His choice might stand, not because of works, but because of Him who calls, |
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Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad – in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by Him who calls – |
And the children were yet unborn and had so far done nothing either good or evil. Even so, in order further to carry out God’s purpose of selection (election, choice), which depends not on works or what men can do, but on Him Who calls [them]. |
For not het having been born nor having practiced any good or evil, in order that the purpose of God dominated by an act of selecting out may abide, not out of a source of works, but out of the source of the One who calls, |
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It came before the children were born or had done anything good or bad, plainly showing that God’s act of choice has nothing to do with achievements, but is a matter of His will. |
For even before the twin sons were born, an d though they had done nothing either good or bad, that God’s purpose in according with His choice might continue to stand, conditioned not on man’s actions but on God’s calling them, |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.