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Note 10 at Rom. 9:19: The argument that Paul is refuting here is not a correct interpretation of what he had said. This is comparable to his statement in Romans 6:1 where he said, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" Just as he knew someone would interpret his teaching on grace to be an advocation of sin, therefore, he spoke their wrong conclusion and then refuted it; likewise here, he states an abusive interpretation of his statements and then proceeds to counter it.