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.

[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.”