Romans 9:15-16; Romans 9:23

Romans 9:15-16

15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

Romans 9:23

23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—