^15 (A)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^(B)do you begrudge my generosity?’^[a]

¹⁵ For he says to Moses, ^(A)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” ¹⁶ So then it depends not on human will or exertion,^[a] but on God, who has mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ^(B)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” ¹⁸ So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

¹⁹ You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For ^(C)who can resist his will?” ²⁰ But who are you, O man, ^(D)to answer back to God? ^(E)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” ^21 (F)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump ^(G)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? ²² What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ^(H)vessels of wrath ^(I)prepared for destruction, ²³ in order to make known ^(J)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^(K)has prepared beforehand for glory— ²⁴ even us whom he ^(L)has called, ^(M)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

⁹ Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your ^(A)eye look grudgingly^[a] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ^(B)cry to the Lord against you, and ^(C)you be guilty of sin.

²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, ^(A)sensuality, ^(B)envy, ^(C)slander, ^(D)pride, ^(E)foolishness.

^23 (A)but if ^(B)your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!