^{11 Ref} (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;)

^{12 Ref} It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

^{13 Ref} As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

^{14 Ref} What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.