²¹ Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?^{(A) 22} What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,^{(B) 23} and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—