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Romans 9:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Romans 9:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 [a]You will say to me then, “Why [then] does he still find fault? For who can oppose his will?”(A)
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- 9:19–29 The apostle responds to the objection that if God rules over faith through the principle of divine election, God cannot then accuse unbelievers of sin (Rom 9:19). For Paul, this objection is in the last analysis a manifestation of human insolence, and his “answer” is less an explanation of God’s ways than the rejection of an argument that places humanity on a level with God. At the same time, Paul shows that God is far less arbitrary than appearances suggest, for God endures with much patience (Rom 9:22) a person like the Pharaoh of the Exodus.
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