Romans 9:12-21

¹²it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less:

¹³according as it is written, I have loved Jacob, and I have hated Esau.

¹⁴What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Far be the thought.

¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.

¹⁶So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.

¹⁷For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

¹⁸So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

¹⁹Thou wilt say to me then, Why does he yet find fault? for who resists his purpose?

²⁰Aye, but thou, O man, who art thou that answerest again to God? Shall the thing formed say to him that has formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

²¹Or has not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make one vessel to honour, and another to dishonour?