Verse 16
Romans 9:16
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God (Elohim) that hath mercy.
Original Language Text
greek
ἄρα οὖν οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεῶντος θεοῦ.
English Translation
Therefore, it is not of the one who wills, nor of the one who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
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that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
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For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen accordin...
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who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the l...
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whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God (Elohim)...
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But it is not as though the word of God (Elohim) hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, t...
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neither, because they are Abraham’s seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be cal...
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That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God (Elohim); but the children of...
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For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
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And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, even by our father Isaac—
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for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of...
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it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
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What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God (Elohim)? God (Elohim) forbid.
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For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I...
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So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God (Elohim) that hath mercy.
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For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show i...
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So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.
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Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
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Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God (Elohim)? Shall the thing formed say to him t...
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Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto hono...
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What if God (Elohim), willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long...
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and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared...
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even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
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As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, tha...
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And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall th...
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And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the s...
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for he is finishing the matter and cutting it short in righteousness; because the Lord will make it...
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And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sod...
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What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteo...
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but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at a law of righteousness.
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Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works of the law. For they stumble...
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even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense: And whosoev...
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