17 For the Scripture tells Pharaoh:

I raised you up for this reason
so that I may display My power in you
and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.(A)[a]

18 So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.(B)

19 You will say to me,(C) therefore, “Why then does He still find fault?(D) For who can resist His will?”(E)

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  1. Romans 9:17 Ex 9:16

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](A) 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.(B)

19 One of you will say to me:(C) “Then why does God still blame us?(D) For who is able to resist his will?”(E)

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  1. Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16