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Romans 11:29

For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

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ASV

For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.

KJV

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀμεταμέληταametamelētaIrrevocableG278 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
τὰta[are] theG3588 →
χαρίσματαcharismatagiftsG5486 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
κλῆσιςklēsiscallingG2821 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦ.theouof God.G2316 →

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Hebrews 7:21but 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.’”Numbers 23:19God 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?Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”Hosea 13:14I 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.1 Samuel 12:22Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”Psalms 18:50Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.Numbers 23:27“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”Romans 3:3What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?Genesis 27:33Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”1 Chronicles 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”Genesis 6:6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

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