13. As it is written:“I loved Jacobbut hated Esau.”
14. What then are we to say? Is there injustice on the part of God? Of course not!
15. For he says to Moses:“I will show mercy to whom I will,I will take pity on whom I will.”
16. So it depends not upon a person’s will or exertion, but upon God, who shows mercy.
17. For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “This is why I have raised you up, to show my power through you that my name may be proclaimed throughout the earth.”