Romans 9:21-23
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21 Doesn’t the potter have the right to shape the clay in any way he chooses? Can’t he make one lump into an elegant vase, and another into a common jug? Absolutely. 22 Even though God desires to demonstrate His anger and to reveal His power, He has shown tremendous restraint toward those vessels of wrath that are doomed to be cracked and shattered. 23 And why is that? To make the wealth of His glory known to vessels of mercy that are prepared for great beauty.
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Romans 9:21-23
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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?(A)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(B) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(C) 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(D) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(E)—
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