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

19 You will say to me,(B) therefore, “Why then does He still find fault?(C) For who can resist His will?”(D) 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God?(E) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”(F)

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

19 One of you will say to me:(B) “Then why does God still blame us?(C) For who is able to resist his will?”(D) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(E) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(F) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9