Romans 9:15-19
Romans 9:15
For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will show compassion to whomever I show compassion.”
Romans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.
Romans 9:17
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very reason I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the earth.”
Romans 9:18
So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
Romans 9:19
You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?”