^{11 Ref} For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

^{12 Ref} it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

^{13 Ref} Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

^{14 Ref} What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

^{15 Ref} For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

^{16 Ref} So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.