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Scripture Analysis

Romans 9:15

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For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Do humans have free will?

    The Bible holds together two streams: Deuteronomy 30:19 and Joshua 24:15 frame human destiny as a real moral choice ("choose life," "choose you this day"), while Romans 8-9, Ephesians 1, and a stack of other texts have God predestining individuals to salvation or damnation before the foundation of the world.

    Critical scholarship: Genuinely disputed among scholars.

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