^{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.

^{19 Ref} You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?"

^{20 Ref} But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?"

^{21 Ref} Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

^{22 Ref} What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

^{23 Ref} and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,