(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;)
διοτι πριν ετι γεννηθωσι τα παιδια, και πριν πραξωσι τι αγαθον η κακον, δια να μενη ο κατ εκλογην προορισμος του Θεου, ουχι εκ των εργων, αλλ εκ του καλουντος,