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13 As the Scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”[a]

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.”[b]

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  1. 9:13 “I . . . Esau.” Quotation from Malachi 1:2–3.
  2. 9:15 “I . . . mercy.” Quotation from Exodus 33:19.

13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”[a](A)

14 What then shall we say?(B) Is God unjust? Not at all!(C) 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.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:13 Mal. 1:2,3
  2. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19