Romans 9:14-21

14What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

15For he says to Moses: “I 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 human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

17For the scripture says to Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

18So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

19You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

20But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

21Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?