Romans 9:10-24

10And not only [that], but Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,

11[the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of 1God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),

12it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

13according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

14What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with 2God? Far be the thought.

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 3God 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 4God? 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 5God, 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?