rsv Romans:9:15-24 SEEK
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For he says to Moses , "
I will have mercy on whom I have mercy ,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion ."
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So it depends not upon man '
s will or exertion ,
but upon God '
s mercy .
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For the scripture says to Pharaoh , "
I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you ,
so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth ."
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So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills ,
and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills .
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You will say to me then , "
Why does he still find fault ?
For who can resist his will ?"
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But who are you ,
a man ,
to answer back to God ?
Will what is molded say to its molder , "
Why have you made me thus ?"
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Has the potter no right over the clay ,
to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another for menial use ?
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What if God ,
desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power ,
has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction ,
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in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy ,
which he has prepared beforehand for glory ,
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even us whom he has called ,
not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles ?