Romans 9:15 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 9:15

For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

BSB

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ASV

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For he saith to Moses,.... That is, God said to Moses. The apostle goes on to answer to the above objections, by producing some testimonies out of the writings of Moses, in favour of both branches of predestination; showing, that the doctrine he had advanced, was no other than what God himself had delivered to Moses, whose name and writings were in great esteem with the Jews, whereby the apostle might hope to give full satisfaction in this point. The first passage he cites, is in Exo 33:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For he saith to Moses - Exo 33:19. I will have mercy - This is said by God when he declared expressly that he would make all his goodness pass before Moses Exo 33:19, and when, therefore, it was regarded, not as a proof of stern and inexorable justice, but as “the very proof of his benevolence,” and the highest which he thought proper to exhibit.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 239: “Jacob and Esau” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1859)

DO NOT IMAGINE for an instant that I pretend to be able thoroughly to elucidate the great mysteries of predestination. There are some men who claim to know all about the matter. They twist it round their fingers as easily as if it were an everyday thing; but depend upon it, he who thinks he knows all about this mystery, knows but very little.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Μωϋσεῖ	Mōusei	To Moses	G3475 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
λέγει·	legei	He says:	G3004 →
ἐλεήσω	eleēsō	I will show mercy to	G1653 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
ἐλεῶ	eleō	I may show mercy	G1653 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἰκτιρήσω	oiktirēsō	I will have compassion on	G3627 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ἂν	an	maybe	G302 →
οἰκτίρω.	oiktirō	I may have compassion.	G3627 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
leads to
- Isaiah 43:25
  I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Ephesians 2:4–5
  But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Psalms 103:8–9
  The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- Jeremiah 50:20
  In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for…
Through
Romans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:8
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Through
Exodus 33:19
“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will…
leads to
- Romans 9:15–18
  For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Ephesians 1:6–8
  to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.