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Romans 9:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
Romans 9:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
13 As it is written, (A)I have loved Jacob, and have hated Esau.
14 [a]What shall we say then? Is there [b]unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 [c]For he saith to Moses, (B)I will [d]have mercy on him, to whom I will show mercy: and will have [e]compassion on him, on who I will have compassion.
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- Romans 9:14 The first objection: If God doth love or hate upon no consideration of worthiness or unworthiness, then [is] he unjust, because he may love them which are unworthy, and hate them that are worthy. The Apostle detesteth this blasphemy, and afterward answereth it severally, point by point.
- Romans 9:14 Man’s will knoweth no other causes of love or hatred, but those that are in the persons, and thereupon this objection riseth.
- Romans 9:15 He answereth first touching them which are chosen to salvation in choosing of whom, he denieth that God may seem unjust, although he choose and predestinate to salvation, them that are not yet born, without any respect of worthiness: because he bringeth not the chosen to the appointed end, but by the means of his mercy, which is a cause next under predestination. Now mercy presupposeth misery, and again misery presupposeth sin or voluntary corruption of mankind, and corruption presupposeth a pure and perfect creation. Moreover mercy is showed by her degrees: to wit, by calling, by faith, by justification and sanctification, so that at length we come to glorification, as the Apostle will show afterward. Now all these things, orderly following the purpose of God, do clearly prove that he can by no means seem unjust in loving and saving his.
- Romans 9:15 I will be merciful and favorable to whom I list to be favorable.
- Romans 9:15 I will have compassion on whomsoever I list to have compassion.
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