Romans 9:15-16

9:15 For he says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” ¹  9:16 So then, ²  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ³  but on God who shows mercy.

Romans 9:23-24

9:23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ⁴  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory – 9:24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

¹ sn A quotation from Exod 33:19.

² sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

³ tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”

⁴ tn Grk “vessels.” This is the same Greek word used in v. 21.