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20 But who are you, O man, (A)to answer back to God? (B)Will what is moulded say to its moulder, “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 honourable use and another for dishonourable 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,

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9