Romans 11:29
27 And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
28 Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
31 so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- KJV
- For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
- WEB
- For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
- ASV
- For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
- DARBY
- For the gifts and the calling of God [are] not subject to repentance.
- BLB
- For the gracious gifts and the calling of God [are] irrevocable.
- ÅB
- for Gud angrer ikke på sine nådegaver og sitt kall.
- OTB
- for Guds gaver og Hans kall er uforanderlige.
- B1930
- for sine nådegaver og sitt kall angrer Gud ikke på.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Read in contextHebrews 7:21
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
Read in contextMalachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Read in contextRomans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Read in contextHosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
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