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Romans 9:9-11
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9 For this is what the promise declared:[a] “About a year from now[b] I will return and Sarah will have a son.”[c] 10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man,[d] our ancestor Isaac— 11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election[e] would stand, not by works but by[f] his calling)[g]—

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  1. Romans 9:9 tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”
  2. Romans 9:9 tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.
  3. Romans 9:9 sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.
  4. Romans 9:10 tn Or possibly “by one act of sexual intercourse.” See D. Moo, Romans (NICNT), 579.
  5. Romans 9:11 tn Grk “God’s purpose according to election.”
  6. Romans 9:11 tn Or “not based on works but based on…”
  7. Romans 9:11 tn Grk “by the one who calls.” sn The entire clause is something of a parenthetical remark.
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