Romans 9:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ The point is that God’s mercy has nothing to do with our will or the things we pursue. It is completely up to God. ¹⁷ The Scriptures even speak to the Pharaoh himself: “I have given you a position of power so that I might show My greater power through you and so that My name might be declared throughout every land upon the earth.”^{[a] 18} So when and where God decides to show mercy is completely up to Him. Likewise, when He chooses to harden one’s heart, how can we argue?