N. T. Anecdotes Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. A gentleman who thought Christianity was merely a heap of puzzling problems, said to an old minister, "That is a very strange statement 'Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.'" "Very strange" replied the minister; "but what is it that you see most strange about it?" "Oh, that part of course about hating Esau." "Well, sir," said the minister, "how wonderfully are we made and how differently constituted. The strangest part of all to me is that He could ever have loved Jacob. There is no mystery so glorious as the mystery of God's love." (N. T. Anecdotes.) Parallel Verses KJV: As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.WEB: Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." |
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