Rom 9:15-18, 23 | ESV | STEP | For he says to Moses , I will have mercy on whom I have mercy , and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion .

Romans 9:15-18

15 For he says to Moses, ^a“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, ^{▼▼Greek not of him who wills or runs} but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ^c“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

Romans 9:23

23 in order to make known ^dthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^ehas prepared beforehand for glory—