Romans 9:12-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² Not of works, but of him that calleth, it was said to her: The elder shall serve the younger.

¹³ As it is written: Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.

¹⁴ What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? God forbid.

¹⁵ For he saith to Moses: I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy; and I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy.

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

¹⁷ For the scripture saith to Pharao: To this purpose have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

¹⁸ Therefore he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.

¹⁹ Thou wilt say therefore to me: Why doth he then find fault? for who resisteth his will?

²⁰ O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

²¹ Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?