“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy. — The ἀπό (apo, "from") of human will or effort (ἐθέλω, thelō; τρέχω, trechō) does not ground salvation; rather, ἔλεος (eleos, "mercy")—God's alone. Salvation is not achieved or desired into being; it is gifted mercy.
Church Fathers on Romans 9:15
“For I will have mercy, He says, on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” Exodus 33:19 This one may see also in the case of those who are punished, for what would you say of Pharaoh who was punished, and had to pay so heavy a penalty? You say he was hardened and disobedient. Was he then alone such, and not even one person else? How came he then to be so severely punished? Why even in the case of the Jews did he call that a people…
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