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

¹⁷ For 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.

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