Romans 4:17

4:17 (as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed – the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.

Romans 9:11

9:11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –