16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
13 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
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."
16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
17 For the 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."
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
9:16So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
9:16So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.
9:16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
9:16So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
9:16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
9:16so, then — not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:
9:16So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.