Romans 11:29 (WEB)
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Catechism · 1
“To the Jews "belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ", "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 11:29.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“The Lord loveth mercy, by which He first came to my help: He loveth truth, so as to give to him that believeth what He has promised.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 29.
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John Chrysostom
“And yet, “The graces and the gifts are without repentance,”but wickedness has had such power as to set aside even this law.” — editor's note: Rom. xi. 29. [Freely cited.]
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Tertullian
“…to grieve, at the restoration of Israel, if it be true, (as it is), that the whole of our hope is intimately united with the remaining expectation of Israel.” — editor's note: Comp. Rom. xi. 11–36.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §839.
Cited together in Catechism §839.