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Romans 9:20-25
English Standard Version
Romans 9:20-25
English Standard Version
20 But who are you, O man, (A)to answer back to God? (B)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 (C)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (D)one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (E)vessels of wrath (F)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (G)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (H)has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he (I)has called, (J)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea,
(K)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
Romans 9:20-25
New International Version
Romans 9:20-25
New International Version
20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C) 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?(D)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(E) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(F) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(G) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(H)— 24 even us, whom he also called,(I) not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?(J) 25 As he says in Hosea:
Footnotes
- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:25 Hosea 2:23
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