Key Verse Spotlight
Romans 9:13 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
Romans 9:13
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
(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;)
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. {elder: or, greater} {younger: or, lesser}
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
What shall we say then? {Is there} unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
For 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.
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