Romans 9:15–24

¹⁵For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy. And I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.

¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

¹⁷For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

¹⁸Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he hardeneth.

¹⁹Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? For who resisteth his will?

²⁰O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

²¹Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?

²²What if God, willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,

²³That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he hath prepared unto glory?

²⁴Even us, whom also he hath called, not only of the Jews but also of the Gentiles.