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14 What will we say then? Does this mean that God is unjust? Absolutely not! 15 For God says to Moses:

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

16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

17 Indeed, the Scripture says in regard to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to stand, that I may demonstrate my power in how I deal with you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”[b] 18 So then, God shows mercy to whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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