Romans 9:18
So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
In Context
19You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever withstood his will?”
Cross References
Exodus 7:13Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen, just as Yahweh had foretold.
Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God had hardened his mind and made his heart obstinate, that he might defeat him by your might, which he has now done today.
Isaiah 63:17Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so we do not obey you? 1 Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 1
Acts 28:26He said, 'Go to this people and say, 1 “By hearing you will hear, but not understand; 1 and seeing you will see, but will not perceive. 1
Romans 5:20But the law came in to increase the trespass. But where sin abounded, grace abounded even more.
Romans 11:7What then? The thing that Israel was seeking, it did not obtain, but the chosen obtained it, and 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 →