“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.”
for God's gifts and his calling are irrevocable. — The principle is ultimate: charismata (gifts) and klēsis (calling) of God are anetakaktos (not subject to regret, unchangeable, irrevocable). This means the covenant gifts given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob cannot be withdrawn despite Israel's current unbelief. God's covenantal commitment transcends Israel's response.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:29
“For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.” And even this is not all he says to solace them, for he uses what had already come about. And what came in of consequence, that he states as chiefly intended, putting it in these words,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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