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 9:18

9:18 So then, ⁴  God ⁵  has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. ⁶ 

[9:15]  ¹ sn A quotation from Exod 33:19.

[9:16]  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.

[9:16]  ³ tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”

[9:18]  ⁴ 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.

[9:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”