Romans 9:16-18 So then it is not of the one willing, nor of the one running, but of God, the One showing mercy.

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ So then it is not of the one willing, nor of the one running, but of God, the One showing mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth." ¹⁸ Therefore He has mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will, He hardens.