Romans 9:15–24

¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion. ¹⁶So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy. ¹⁷For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth. ¹⁸So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens. ¹⁹Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose? ²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ²¹Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour? ²²And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction; ²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, ²⁴us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst the Jews, but also from amongst the nations?