Romans
11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or badin order that God's purpose in election might stand: 12not by works but by him who callsshe was told, The older will serve the younger.[d] 13Just as it is written: Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.[e]
14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.[f] 16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17For the 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.[g] 18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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