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.