14. So what should we say about this? Is God unfair? In no way.
15. God said to Moses, “I will show kindness to anyone I want to show kindness. I will show mercy to anyone I want to show mercy.”
16. So God will choose the one he decides to show mercy to. And his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.
17. The Scripture says to the king of Egypt: “I made you king so I might show my power in you. In this way my name will be talked about in all the earth.”
18. So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy. And he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.
19. So one of you will ask me: “If God controls the things we do, then why does he blame us for our sins? Who can fight his will?”
20. Do not ask that. You are only human. And human beings have no right to question God. An object cannot tell the person who made it, “Why did you make me like this?”