Romans 9:15–24

¹⁵For He tells Moses:

I will show mercy

to whom I will show mercy,

and I will have compassion

on whom I will have compassion. ^bc

¹⁶So then it does not depend on human will or effort ^debut on God who shows mercy. ^f17For 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. ^gh

¹⁸So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden. ⁱ

¹⁹You will say to me, ^jtherefore, “Why then does He still find fault? ^kFor who can resist His will?” ^l20But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? ^mWill what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” ⁿ²¹Or has the potter no right over the clay, ^oto make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? ²²And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience ^pobjects of wrath ready for destruction? ^q23And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory ^ron objects of mercy ^sthat He prepared beforehand for glory ^t— ²⁴on us, the ones He also called, ^unot only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? ^v