Romans 9:16-18 so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

RYLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness: ¹⁷ for the Writing says to Pharaoh -- 'For this very thing I did raise you up, that I might show in you My power, and that My name might be declared in all the land;' ¹⁸ so, then, to whom He wills, He does kindness, and to whom He wills, He does harden.