¹² But ^[a]as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^(A)children of God, ^(B)to those who ^[b]believe in His name, ^13 (C)who were ^[c]born, not of ^[d]blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

^14 (A)What shall we say then? ^(B)There is no injustice with God, is there? ^[a](C)Far from it! ¹⁵ For He says to Moses, “^(D)I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will show compassion to whomever I show compassion.” ¹⁶ So then, it does not depend on the person who ^[b]wants it nor the one who ^[c](E)runs, but on ^(F)God who has mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “^(G)For this very reason I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed ^[d]throughout the earth.” ¹⁸ So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He ^(H)hardens whom He desires.

^19 (I)You will say to me then, “^(J)Why does He still find fault? For ^(K)who has resisted His will?” ²⁰ On the contrary, who are you, ^[e](L)you foolish person, who ^(M)answers back to God? ^(N)The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? ²¹ Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object ^[f]for honorable use, and another ^[g]for common use? ^22 [h]What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great ^(O)patience objects of wrath ^(P)prepared for destruction? ²³ And He did so to make known ^(Q)the riches of His glory upon ^(R)objects of mercy, which He ^(S)prepared beforehand for glory,

Made Alive in Christ

2 And ^[a]you ^[b]were ^(A)dead ^[c]in your offenses and sins, ² in which you ^(B)previously walked according to the ^[d]course of ^(C)this world, according to ^(D)the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in ^(E)the ^[e]sons of disobedience. ³ Among them ^[f]we too all ^(F)previously lived in ^(G)the lusts of our flesh, ^[g]indulging the desires of the flesh and of the ^[h]mind, and were ^(H)by nature ^(I)children of wrath, ^(J)just as the rest. ⁴ But God, being ^(K)rich in mercy, because of ^(L)His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were ^(M)dead ^[i]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[j]with Christ (^(N)by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and ^(O)raised us up with Him, and ^(P)seated us with Him in ^(Q)the heavenly places in ^(R)Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[k]boundless ^(S)riches of His grace in ^(T)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ^(U)by grace you have been saved ^(V)through faith; and ^[l]this is not of yourselves, it is ^(W)the gift of God; ^9 (X)not a result of works, so that ^(Y)no one may boast. ¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, ^(Z)created in ^(AA)Christ Jesus for ^(AB)good works, which God ^(AC)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(AD)walk in them.