Romans 9:22

But what if God, wanting to show His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

In Context

21Or does not the potter have the right over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and the other for dishonor?

23and so that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

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Cross References

Matthew 23:31“So that you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.

Romans 2:4Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25

The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →

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