Discovery BoxRomans 9:15-16 
Context9:15 For he says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 1 9:16 So then, 2 it does not depend on human desire or exertion, 3 but on God who shows mercy.
Romans 9:18
Context9:18 So then, 4 God 5 has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. 6
1 sn A quotation from Exod 33:19.
2 sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
3 tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”
4 sn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.”
