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15 For he saith to Moses, "On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will I have compassion."
16 So then it dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.
17 For the Scripture saith to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known in all the earth."
18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and hardeneth whom he will.
19 Hence thou wilt say to me, Why then doth he still find fault? for who resisteth his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that makest answer to God? Shall the thing that is wrought say to the workman, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter a right out of the same lump of clay to make one vessel for an honorable use, and another for a dishonorable?
22 What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
23 purposing also to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,