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Romans 9:14-29

14WhatG5101 thenG3767 shall we sayG2046? Is GodG2316 unjustG93? Certainly notG3361G1096! 15ForG1063 He saysG3004 toG3588 MosesG3475:

“I will have mercy onG1653 whomG3739 I have mercyG302G1653,andG2532 I will have compassion onG3627 whomG3739 I have compassionG302G3627.”1

16SoG686 thenG3767, it does notG3756 depend on man’sG3588 desireG2309 or effortG5143, butG235 onG3588 God’sG2316 mercyG1653. 17ForG1063 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 saysG3004 toG3588 PharaohG5328: “I raised you upG1825G4771 forG1519 this veryG846 purpose, thatG3704 I might displayG1731 MyG1473 powerG1411 inG1722 youG4771, andG2532 thatG3704 MyG1473 nameG3686 might be proclaimedG1229 inG1722 allG3956 theG3588 earthG1093.”2 18ThereforeG686G3767 God has mercyG1653 on whomG3739 He wantsG2309 to have mercy, andG1161 He hardensG4645 whomG3739 He wantsG2309 to harden.

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One of you will sayG2046 to meG1473, “ThenG3767 whyG5101 does God still find faultG2089G3201? ForG1063 whoG5101 can resistG436 HisG846 willG1013?” 20ButG3304 whoG5101 are youG1510, OG5599 manG444, to talk backG470 to GodG2316? Shall whatG3588 is formedG4110 sayG2046 to Him whoG3588 formedG4111 it, “WhyG5101 did You makeG4160 meG1473 like thisG3779?”3 21Does notG3756 theG3588 potterG2763 haveG2192 the rightG1849 to makeG4160 fromG1537 theG3588 sameG846 lumpG5445 of clayG4081 oneG3739 vesselG4632 forG1519 special occasionsG5092 andG1161 another forG1519 common useG819?

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What ifG1487 GodG2316, intendingG2309 to showG1731 His wrathG3709 andG2532 makeG1107 HisG846 power knownG1415, boreG5342 withG1722 greatG4183 patienceG3115 the vesselsG4632 of His wrathG3709, preparedG2675 forG1519 destructionG684? 23What if He did this toG2443 makeG1107 theG3588 richesG4149 ofG3588 HisG846 glory knownG1391 toG1909 the vesselsG4632 of His mercyG1656, whomG3739 He prepared in advanceG4282 forG1519 gloryG1391— 24includingG2532 usG1473, whomG3739 He has calledG2564 notG3756 onlyG3440 fromG1537 the JewsG2453, butG235 alsoG2532 fromG1537 the GentilesG1484? 25AsG5613 He saysG3004 inG1722 HoseaG5617:

“I will callG2564 them ‘MyG1473 PeopleG2992’ whoG3588 are notG3756 MyG1473 peopleG2992,andG2532 I will call her ‘My BelovedG25’ whoG3588 is notG3756 My belovedG25,”4

26andG2532,

“It will happen thatG1510 inG1722 theG3588 very placeG5117 whereG3739 it was saidG2046 to themG846,‘YouG4771 are notG3756 MyG1473 peopleG2992,’they will be calledG2564‘sonsG5207 of the livingG2198 GodG2316.’”5

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IsaiahG2268 cries outG2896 concerningG5228 IsraelG2474:

“ThoughG1437 theG3588 numberG706 of theG3588 IsraelitesG5207G2474 isG1510 likeG5613 theG3588 sandG285 of theG3588 seaG2281,only theG3588 remnantG5275 will be savedG4982.28ForG1063 the LordG2962 will carry outG4160 His sentenceG3056 onG1909 theG3588 earthG1093thoroughlyG4931 andG2532 decisivelyG4932.”6

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It is just asG2531 IsaiahG2268 foretoldG4302:

“UnlessG1487G3361 the LordG2962 of HostsG4519 had leftG1459 usG1473 descendantsG4690,we would have becomeG302G1096 likeG5613 SodomG4670,we would have resembledG302G3666G5613 GomorrahG1116.”7
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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19 ↩
  2. 2. Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16 (see also LXX) ↩
  3. 3. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9 ↩
  4. 4. Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23 ↩
  5. 5. Romans 9:26 Hosea 1:10 ↩
  6. 6. Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22–23 (see also LXX) ↩
  7. 7. Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9 (see also LXX) ↩

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