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Romains 9:18
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Il a donc compassion de celui qu'il veut, et il endurcit celui qu'il veut.
Ainsi donc il fait mis�ricorde � qui il veut, et il endurcit qui il veut.
Ainsi, il fait mis�ricorde � qui il veut, et il endurcit qui il veut.
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
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.
