^18 [a]“Known to God from eternity are all His works.

¹¹ (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of ^(A)Him who calls),

¹³ As it is written, ^(A)“Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.”

¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

¹⁸ Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He ^(A)hardens.