Romans 9:19-24
New American Standard Bible
19 (A)You will say to me then, “(B)Why does He still find fault? For (C)who has resisted His will?” 20 On the contrary, who are you, [a](D)you foolish person, who (E)answers back to God? (F)The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? 21 Or does the potter not have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one object [b]for honorable use, and another [c]for common use? 22 [d]What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great (G)patience objects of wrath (H)prepared for destruction? 23 And He did so to make known (I)the riches of His glory upon (J)objects of mercy, which He (K)prepared beforehand for glory, 24 namely us, whom He also (L)called, (M)not only from among Jews, but also from among Gentiles,
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- Romans 9:20 Lit O
- Romans 9:21 Lit for honor
- Romans 9:21 Lit for dishonor
- Romans 9:22 Lit But
Romans 9:19-24
Lexham English Bible
19 Therefore you will say to me, “Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted[a] his will? 20 On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me like this”?[b] 21 Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that is for honorable use[c] and one that is for ordinary use[d]? 22 And what if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And he did so[e] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory, 24 us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
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- Romans 9:19 Or “who resists”
- Romans 9:20 A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9
- Romans 9:21 Literally “honor”
- Romans 9:21 Literally “dishonor”
- Romans 9:23 The words “he did so” are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause
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