Romans 9:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ So then it does not depend on the one who wills or the one who strives, but on God who shows 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 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 110:3

Your people will be a freewill offering in a day of your power. In holy splendors, from dawn’s womb, yours is the dew of your youth.

Isaiah 65:1

“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me, I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Hineni, hineni!’ to a nation not called by My Name.

Matthew 11:27

“All things have been handed over to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil takes Him to a very high mountain and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Luke 10:21

In that very hour, He was overjoyed in the Ruach ha-Kodesh and said, “I praise You, Father, Master of the universe, that You have hidden these things from the wise and discerning and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was pleasing to You.

John 3:8

The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Romans 9:11

Yet before the sons were even born and had not done anything good or bad—so that God’s purpose and choice might stand not because of works but because of Him who calls—

Galatians 2:2

Because of a revelation, I went up and presented to them the Good News that I proclaim among the Gentiles. But I did so privately to those who seemed to be influential, to make sure I would not run—or had not run—in vain.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not from yourselves—it is the gift of God.

Philippians 2:13

For the One working in you is God—both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

James 1:18

By His will, He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.