Ndien ke ini nditɔ mimanake kaŋa, minyuŋ inamke baba eti ŋkpɔ kiet mme idiɔk-ŋkpɔ, edɔhɔ eka mmɔ ete, Akpan eyenam ŋkpɔ ɔnɔ udɔ:
(for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)