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Romans 9:19-24
New International Version
Romans 9:19-24
New International Version
19 One of you will say to me:(A) “Then why does God still blame us?(B) For who is able to resist his will?”(C) 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(D) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(E) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](F) 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(G)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(H) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(I) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(J) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(K)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(L) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(M)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Romans 9:19-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Romans 9:19-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 You will say to me,(A) therefore, “Why then does He still find fault?(B) For who can resist His will?”(C) 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God?(D) Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”(E) 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay,(F) to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? 22 And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience(G) objects of wrath ready for destruction?(H) 23 And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory(I) on objects of mercy(J) that He prepared beforehand for glory(K)— 24 on us, the ones He also called,(L) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(M)
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Romans 9:19-24
King James Version
Romans 9:19-24
King James Version
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
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