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For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[a]
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For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."
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For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.”
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For the Scripture tells Pharaoh: For this reason I raised you up: so that I may display My power in you, and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
Romans 9:17 In-Context
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For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
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For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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One of you will say to me: “Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?”