Romans 9:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 110:3

Confession and magnificence are his work. And his justice remains from age to age.

Isaiah 65:1

Those who before were not asking for me have sought me. Those who have not sought me have found me. I said, "Behold, it is I! Behold, it is I!" to a nation which was not invoking my name.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took him up, onto a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

Luke 10:21

In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.

John 3:8

The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit."

Romans 9:11

when the children had not yet been born, and had not yet done anything good or bad (such that the purpose of God might be based on their choice),

Galatians 2:2

And I went up according to revelation, and I debated with them about the Gospel that I am preaching among the Gentiles, but away from those who were pretending to be something, lest perhaps I might run, or have run, in vain.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.

James 1:18

For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.