Romans 9
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Romans 9:14-21

141What shall we say then? 2There is no injustice with God, is there? 3May it never be! 15For He says to Moses, “4I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who 5runs, but on 6God who has mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “7For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed 8throughout the whole earth.” 18So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He 9hardens whom He desires.

1910You will say to me then, “11Why does He still find fault? For 12who resists His will?” 20On the contrary, who are you, 13O man, who 14answers back to God? 15The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? 21Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel 16for honorable use and another 17for common use?

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 9:14 Rom 3:5 ↩
  2. 2. Romans 9:14 2 Chr 19:7; Rom 2:11 ↩
  3. 3. Romans 9:14 Luke 20:16 ↩
  4. 4. Romans 9:15 Ex 33:19 ↩
  5. 5. Romans 9:16 Gal 2:2 ↩
  6. 6. Romans 9:16 Eph 2:8 ↩
  7. 7. Romans 9:17 Ex 9:16 ↩
  8. 8. Romans 9:17 Lit in ↩
  9. 9. Romans 9:18 Ex 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:20, 27; 11:10; 14:4, 17; Deut 2:30; Josh 11:20; John 12:40; Rom 11:7, 25 ↩
  10. 10. Romans 9:19 Rom 11:19; 1 Cor 15:35; James 2:18 ↩
  11. 11. Romans 9:19 Rom 3:7 ↩
  12. 12. Romans 9:19 2 Chr 20:6; Job 9:12; Dan 4:35 ↩
  13. 13. Romans 9:20 Rom 2:1 ↩
  14. 14. Romans 9:20 Job 33:13 ↩
  15. 15. Romans 9:20 Is 29:16; 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:6; Rom 9:22f; 2 Tim 2:20 ↩
  16. 16. Romans 9:21 Lit for honor ↩
  17. 17. Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor ↩

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