Romans 9:16

So then, ¹  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ²  but on God who shows mercy.

Ge 27:1-4,9-14; Ps 110:3; Isa 65:1; Mt 11:25,26; Lu 10:21; Joh 1:12,13; Joh 3:8; Ro 9:11; 1Co 1:26-31; Eph 2:4,5; Php 2:13; 2Th 2:13,14; Tit 3:3-5; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 2:9,10

¹ 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.

² tn Grk “So then, [it does] not [depend] on the one who desires nor on the one who runs.”