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13 (A)As the scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”

14 Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all. 15 (B)For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish.”

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13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[a](A)

14 What then shall we say?(B) Is God unjust? Not at all!(C) 15 For he says to Moses,

“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
    and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
  2. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19