Romans 9:18

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

Therefore hath he (or, 'So then He hath') - the result is that He hath

Mercy on whom he will [have mercy] - rather, 'on whom He will,' without any supplement,

And whom he will he hardeneth - by judicially abandoning them to the hardening influence of sin itself (; ; : Psalms 81:11; ; ; ), and of the surrounding incentives to it (; ; ). So much for the first objection to the doctrine of divine sovereignty.

Second Objection-`This doctrine is incompatible with human responsibility!'