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20 But nay, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, “Why hast thou made me thus?”

21 Hath not the potter power over the clay to make from the same lump one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor?

22 What if God, choosing to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted 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