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16 So then, it lies not in a man’s will or running, but in the mercy of God. 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose I have stirred you up, to show my power on you, and so that my name may be declared throughout all the world. 18 Therefore he has mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will, he makes hardhearted.

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16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(A) 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[a](B) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16