Epistle
Rom 9.6-19
Read in contextBrethren,
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
10And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac;
11(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?