14. So what are we going to say? Isn’t this unfair on God’s part? Absolutely not!
15. He says to Moses, I’ll have mercy on whomever I choose to have mercy, and I’ll show compassion to whomever I choose to show compassion.
16. So then, it doesn’t depend on a person’s desire or effort. It depends entirely on God, who shows mercy.
17. Scripture says to Pharaoh, I have put you in this position for this very thing: so I can show my power in you and so that my name can be spread through the entire earth.