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Romans 9:14-18
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Romans 9:14-18
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14 What then shall we say?(A) Is God unjust? Not at all!(B) 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[a](C)
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(D) 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[b](E) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(F)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19
- Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16
Romans 9:14-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Romans 9:14-18
Holman 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.(D)[a]
16 So then it does not depend on human will or effort[b](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 all the earth.(G)[c]
18 So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.(H)
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- Romans 9:15 Ex 33:19
- Romans 9:16 Or on the one running; lit on the one willing
- Romans 9:17 Ex 9:16
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