Quotes about Grace
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
— Romans 9:11
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
— Romans 9:15
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
— Romans 9:16
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
— Romans 9:18
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
— Romans 9:24
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
— Romans 9:25
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
— Romans 9:26
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
— Romans 9:27
What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
— Romans 9:30
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
— Romans 9:31
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
— Romans 9:32
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
— Romans 9:33