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19 (A)You will say to me then, “(B)Why does He still find fault? For (C)who resists His will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you, (D)O man, who (E)answers back to God? (F)Will the thing molded say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this”? 21 Or does not the potter have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel [a]for honorable use and another [b]for dishonorable use? 22 And [c]what if God, wanting to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much (G)patience vessels of wrath (H)having been prepared for destruction, 23 and in order that He might make known (I)the riches of His glory upon (J)vessels of mercy, which He (K)prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom He also (L)called, (M)not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:21 Lit for honor
  2. Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor
  3. Romans 9:22 Lit But

19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For (A)who can resist his will?” 20 But who are you, O man, (B)to answer back to God? (C)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” 21 (D)Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump (E)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 (F)vessels of wrath (G)prepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known (H)the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he (I)has prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us whom he (J)has called, (K)not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

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