the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Romans 9:18
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So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
Therefore hath hee mercie on whom hee will haue mercy, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy, and he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.
So then, He has mercy on whom He wills (chooses), and He hardens [the heart of] whom He wills.
So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires.
Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.
So then, he has mercy on whom he wants, and he hardens whom he wants.
So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.
So God shows mercy to those he wants to show mercy to and makes stubborn those he wants to make stubborn.
Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.
Thus he has mercy on whom he pleases, and he hardens whom he pleases.
So then, God has mercy on anyone he wishes, and he makes stubborn anyone he wishes.
Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes.
So, then, to whom He desires, He shows mercy. And to whom He desires, He hardens.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
Therefore, Godhe">[fn] has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth.
Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth.
So hath he mercy on whom he wyll, and whom he wyll, he hardeneth.
So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.
So then he hath mercy on whom he willeth, and whom he willeth, he hardneth.
This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.
Therfor of whom God wole, he hath merci; and whom he wole, he endurith.
So then he has mercy on whom he wants, and he hardens whom he wants.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.
So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.
So God has loving-kindness for those He wants to. He makes some have hard hearts if He wants to.
So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
Hence, then, - on whom he pleaseth, he hath mercy, and, whom he pleaseth, he doth harden.
Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he hardeneth.
So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills.
So hath he mercye on whom he will and whom he will he maketh hearde herted.
so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.
Thus hath he mercy on whom he wyl: and whom he wyl, he hardeneth.
thus some he pursues with his favours, and abandons others to their obduracy, according as he thinks fit.
You ain't got to like it, but the truth is that God gets to choose who he will save and whose hearts will be hardened against him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hath: Romans 9:15, Romans 9:16, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21, Ephesians 1:6
will he: Romans 1:24-28, Romans 11:7, Romans 11:8, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13, Deuteronomy 2:30, Joshua 11:20, Isaiah 63:17, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:26-28, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:16 - the Lord Exodus 9:7 - the heart Exodus 10:20 - General Deuteronomy 7:7 - The Lord Job 9:12 - What Psalms 69:27 - Add Psalms 86:2 - holy Isaiah 43:13 - I will work Hosea 2:4 - I will not Matthew 11:26 - for John 12:40 - hardened Acts 19:9 - divers Romans 3:5 - Is God Romans 9:21 - the potter 1 Corinthians 12:11 - as
Cross-References
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will,.... These are the express words of the former testimony: it follows,
and whom he will he hardeneth; which is the just and natural consequence of what is contained in the latter; for if God could, or he did, without any injustice, raise up Pharaoh, and harden his heart against him and his people, that he might rise up against him and destroy him by his power for his own glory, then he may harden any other person, and even whom he will: now this hardening of men's hearts may be understood in perfect agreement with the justice and holiness of God: men first harden their own hearts by sinning, as Pharaoh did; what God does, is by leaving them to the hardness of their hearts, denying them that grace which only can soften them, and which he is not obliged to give, and therefore does them no injustice in withholding it from them; by sending them both mercies and judgments, which through the corruption of their hearts, are the means of the greater hardening of them; so judgments in the case of Pharaoh, and mercies in the case of others; see Isaiah 6:10; by delivering them up into the hands of Satan, and to their own lusts, which they themselves approve of; and by giving them up to a judicial blindness and hardness of heart, as a just punishment for their impieties.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Therefore hath he mercy ... - This is a conclusion stated by the apostle as the result of all the argument.
Whom he will he hardeneth - This is not stated in what the Scripture said to Pharaoh, but is a conclusion to which the apostle had arrived, in view of the case of Pharaoh. The word “hardeneth” means only to harden in the manner specified in the case of Pharaoh. It does not mean to exert a positive influence, but to leave a sinner to his own course, and to place him in circumstances where the character will be more and more developed; see the note at John 12:40. It implies, however, an act of sovereignty on the part of God in thus leaving him to his chosen course, and in not putting forth that influence by which he could be saved from death. Why this is, the apostle does not state. We should, however, not dispute a fact everywhere prevalent; and should have sufficient confidence in God to believe that it is in accordance with infinite wisdom and rectitude.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will — This is the apostle's conclusion from the facts already laid down: that God, according to his own will and wisdom, in perfect righteousness, bestows mercy; that is to say, his blessings upon one part of mankind, (the Jews of old, and the Gentiles of the present time,) while he suffers another part (the Egyptians of old, and the Jews of the present day) to go on in the abuse of his goodness and forbearance, hardening themselves in sin, till he brings upon them a most just and exemplary punishment, unless this be prevented by their deep repentance and general return to God through Jesus the promised, the real Messiah.
