Romans 9:18 KJV — MannaFest

Romans 9:18

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

KJV

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ASV

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will he hardeneth.

WEB

Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.

YLT

so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden.

DBT

So then, to whom he will he shews mercy, and whom he will he hardens.

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Romans — Paul's gospel set out in order. Four great movements: sin, salvation, sanctification, sovereignty — closing with sustained calls to service and unity.

Author: Paul the apostle, dictated to Tertius (Rom 16:22)
Date: c. AD 57, from Corinth before the Jerusalem offering

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Romans 9:15
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Joshua 11:20
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 4:21
And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Romans 11:7–8
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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Had he mercy on the Gentiles? It was because he would have mercy on them. It was because it was his own pleasure to deny them softening grace, and to give them up to their chosen affected unbelief.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Now that the gospel was preached, and Christian churches were planted, this national body was thereby abandoned, their church-polity dissolved; and Christian churches (and in process of time Christian nations), embodied in like manner, become their successors in the divine favour, and those special privileges and protections which were the products of that favour.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Therefore hath he--"So then he hath." The result then is that He hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth--by judicially abandoning them to the hardening influence of sin itself (Ps 81:11, 12;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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