But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

though the twins were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God's purpose of election might stand, not because of works but because of his call,

As indeed he says in Hosea: "I will call them who were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'"

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches on all who call upon him.

How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher?

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.