^{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.

^{17 Ref} For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth."

^{18 Ref} So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.