Romans 9:18
So then, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
In Context
19Yoʋ will say to me then, “ Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
Cross References
Acts 28:26‘Go to this people and say, “Although you will hear, you will never understand, and although you will see, you will never perceive.”
Romans 5:20Now the law came in so that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded all the more,
Romans 11:7What then? Israel did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →