12not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Gen. 25:23
13Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Mal. 1:2,314What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all!
15For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Exodus 33:1916It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.