Romans 9:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So then, it doesn’t depend on a person’s desire or effort. It depends entirely on God, who shows mercy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.

Romans 9:16 Cross References

Ephesians 2:8

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Philippians 2:13

for it is God which worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Romans 9:11

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

Luke 10:21

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

Isaiah 65:1

I AM inquired of by them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Psalm 110:3

Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power: In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.

Galatians 2:2

And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.