Romans 9:19-24
Legacy Standard Bible
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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- Romans 9:21 Lit for honor
- Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor
- Romans 9:22 Lit But
Romans 9:19-24
International Standard Version
God Chose People who are Not Jewish
19 You may ask me, “Then why does God[a] still find fault with anybody?[b] For who can resist his will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you—mere man that you are—to talk back to God? Can an object that was molded say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me like this?” 21 A potter has the right to do what he wants to with his clay, doesn’t he? He can make something for a special occasion or something for ordinary use from the same lump of clay.
22 Now if God wants to demonstrate his wrath and reveal his power, can’t he be extremely patient with the objects of his wrath that are made for destruction? 23 Can’t he also reveal his glorious riches to the objects of his mercy that he has prepared ahead of time for glory— 24 including us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but from the gentiles as well?
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- Romans 9:19 Lit. he
- Romans 9:19 The Gk. lacks with anybody
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