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14 So what does this mean? That God is not fair? We cannot say that. 15 God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I want to show mercy to. I will show pity to anyone I choose.”[a] 16 So God will choose anyone he decides to show mercy to, and his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.

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  1. Romans 9:15 Quote from Ex. 33:19.

14 What then shall we say?(A) Is God unjust? Not at all!(B) 15 For he says to Moses,

“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
    and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[a](C)

16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.(D)

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  1. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19