Rom 9:16, 1Cor 3:7, 2Cor 4:6 | ESV | STEP | So then it depends not on human will or exertion , but on God , who has mercy .

b 2 Cor. 12:11; Gal. 6:3; [Gal. 2:6]

c Gen. 1:3

d 2 Pet. 1:19

e ver. 4

Romans 9:16

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.

1 Corinthians 3:7

7 So ^bneither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

2 Corinthians 4:6

6 For God, who said, ^c“Let light shine out of darkness,” ^dhas shone in our hearts to give ^ethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.