15 For He tells Moses:

I will show mercy
to whom I will show mercy,
and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.(A)[a]

16 So then it does not depend on human will or effort[b](B) but on God who shows mercy.(C) 17 For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:

I raised you up for this reason
so that I may display My power in you
and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.(D)[c]

18 So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:15 Ex 33:19
  2. Romans 9:16 Or on the one running; lit on the one willing
  3. Romans 9:17 Ex 9:16

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