Romans 9:16

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So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.

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  • Isa 65:1 : 1 I offered myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not call on my name.
  • Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.' 26 Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.'
  • John 1:12-13 : 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. 13 They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • John 3:8 : 8 The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,
  • 1 Cor 1:26-31 : 26 Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 So that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once, you were not a people, but now you are God's people. Once, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • Gen 27:1-4 : 1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.' 2 Isaac said, 'See now, I have grown old, and I do not know the day of my death.' 3 Now then, please take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare for me a tasty meal, the kind I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat and bless you before I die.
  • Gen 27:9-9 : 9 Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare a tasty meal for your father, just the way he loves it. 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies. 11 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, 'Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a man with smooth skin.' 12 'What if my father touches me? Then I will appear to him as a deceiver and bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.' 13 His mother said to him, 'Let your curse be on me, my son. Just listen to me and go, get them for me.' 14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared a tasty meal, just the way his father liked it.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day of your power; in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, your youth are like the dew.

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    11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand,

    12not by works but by him who calls—she was told, 'The older will serve the younger.'

    13As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'

    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

    15For 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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    17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.'

    18So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

    19You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?'

    20But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?'

    21Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

    22What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

    23And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—

    24even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

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    19And the LORD said, 'I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.'

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    8For by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

    9not by works, so that no one can boast.

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    29for God’s gifts and His calling are irrevocable.

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    31so they too have now been disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.

    32For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that He may have mercy on them all.

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    6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

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    4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,

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    6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt severely with them, didn’t they let the Israelites go, and they departed?