> NIV - Romans 9:17
(17) For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I **raised** > you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and > that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. > > (18a) Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy,
(18b) and he hardens whom he wants to harden." Since I'm not from an English speaking country, I have a difficulty to know what it means by the time I read the word "raised". Almost all English versions of Romans 9:17 use the word "*raised*" but there are two version (Contemporary English Version and Good News Translation) which directly describe it as "**made king**". Still I check the Exodus 9:16.
> NLT - Exodus 9:16
But **I have spared you** for a purpose--to show > you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth. > > Christian Standard Bible - Exodus 9:16
However, **I have let you > live** for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known > on the whole earth. Between (A) "made king" and (B) "let you live", I choose B for "raised". And by choosing B, I feel it goes well with the Romans 9:18a. So, God does not kill Pharaoh because He choose to give mercy (let him live) to Pharaoh. But choosing B doesn't go well with Romans 9:18b. It's still also not connected if I choose A. The only thing which I think "connected" if I made a conclusion by myself about "raised" which is coming from Exodus 7:3 > NIV - Exodus 7:3
But I will **harden Pharaoh's heart**, and though I > multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt So Romans 9:17 become like this :
*For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I **hardened** you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.* From here, now I can separate that Romans 9:18a is referring to verse 15, and Romans 9:18b is referring to verse 17. And if I still insist the meaning of "raised" in verse 17 is B, then (to me) in order verse 17 connect with verse 18, I need to use a chronology like this : *"God has mercy (let him live) to Pharaoh in order He can harden Pharaoh's heart so then He might display His power"*. A bit awkward to me :). My question is :
1. What did Paul mean on the word "raised" ?
2. Is there a connection between verse 17 and 18 ?
(17) For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I **raised** > you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and > that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. > > (18a) Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy,
(18b) and he hardens whom he wants to harden." Since I'm not from an English speaking country, I have a difficulty to know what it means by the time I read the word "raised". Almost all English versions of Romans 9:17 use the word "*raised*" but there are two version (Contemporary English Version and Good News Translation) which directly describe it as "**made king**". Still I check the Exodus 9:16.
> NLT - Exodus 9:16
But **I have spared you** for a purpose--to show > you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth. > > Christian Standard Bible - Exodus 9:16
However, **I have let you > live** for this purpose: to show you my power and to make my name known > on the whole earth. Between (A) "made king" and (B) "let you live", I choose B for "raised". And by choosing B, I feel it goes well with the Romans 9:18a. So, God does not kill Pharaoh because He choose to give mercy (let him live) to Pharaoh. But choosing B doesn't go well with Romans 9:18b. It's still also not connected if I choose A. The only thing which I think "connected" if I made a conclusion by myself about "raised" which is coming from Exodus 7:3 > NIV - Exodus 7:3
But I will **harden Pharaoh's heart**, and though I > multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt So Romans 9:17 become like this :
*For Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I **hardened** you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.* From here, now I can separate that Romans 9:18a is referring to verse 15, and Romans 9:18b is referring to verse 17. And if I still insist the meaning of "raised" in verse 17 is B, then (to me) in order verse 17 connect with verse 18, I need to use a chronology like this : *"God has mercy (let him live) to Pharaoh in order He can harden Pharaoh's heart so then He might display His power"*. A bit awkward to me :). My question is :
1. What did Paul mean on the word "raised" ?
2. Is there a connection between verse 17 and 18 ?
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