Romans 9:23

in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

In Context

22What if God, although willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

24namely us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?

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Cross References

Luke 1:17And he will go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Romans 5:20Now the law came in so that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded all the more,

Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2:3Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, carrying out the desires of our flesh and our impulses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Ephesians 3:16I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he would grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

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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