Romans 9:14-18
Christian Standard Bible
God’s Selection Is Just
14 What should we say then?(A) Is there injustice with God?(B) Absolutely not!(C) 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](D) 16 So then, it does not depend on human will or effort(E) but on God who shows mercy.(F) 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 the whole earth.[b](G) 18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(H)
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Romans 9:14-18
Lexham English Bible
God’s Sovereign Choice to Show Mercy
14 What then shall we say? There is no injustice with God, is there?[a] May it never be! 15 For to Moses he says, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”[b] 16 Consequently therefore, it does not depend on the[c] one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy. 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I have raised you up, so that I may demonstrate my power in you, and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[d] 18 Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes.
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- Romans 9:14 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
- Romans 9:15 A quotation from Exod 33:19
- Romans 9:16 Literally “not of the”
- Romans 9:17 A quotation from Exod 9:16
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