Romans 9:13-16 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. As the scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”

14. Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.

15. For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish.”

16. So then, everything depends, not on what human beings want or do, but only on God's mercy.

Romans 9