¹⁸ So then, he has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden.^(A)

¹⁹ You will say to me,^(B) therefore, “Why then does he still find fault?^(C) For who resists his will?” ^{(D) 20} On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?^(E) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” ^(F)