¹¹ In him we were also chosen,^[a] having been predestined^(A) according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose^(B) of his will,

¹⁸ Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.^(A)

¹⁹ One of you will say to me:^(B) “Then why does God still blame us?^(C) For who is able to resist his will?”^{(D) 20} But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?^(E) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,^(F) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”^[a](G)