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Romans 9:14 KJV
Romans · chapter 9 · verse 14
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.Romans 9:14 · King James Version
Romans 9:14 in context
12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
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Key words (Strong's)
- unrighteousnessadikiainjustice, of a judge, unrighteousness of heart and life, a deed violating law and…G93 →
- forbidmēno, not lestG3361 →
- sayereōto utter, speak, sayG2046 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal state.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-24