Romans 9:21

Does the potter not have the right over the clay to make from the same lump a container for special use, and another container for daily use?

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Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

In Context

20On the contrary, man, who are you who answers against God? Will what has been molded say to the one who molds it, “Why did you make me this way?”

22What if God, who is willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience containers of wrath prepared for destruction?

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:8Yet, Yahweh, you are our father; 1 we are the clay. You are our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. 1

Jeremiah 22:28Is this a despised and shattered vessel? Is this man Jehoiachin a pot that pleases no one? 1 Why have they thrown him and his descendants out, and have poured them out into a land that they did not know? 1

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel;

Romans 9:18So then, God has mercy on whom he wishes, and whom he wishes, he makes stubborn.

2 Timothy 2:20In a wealthy home, there are not only containers of gold and silver. There are also containers of wood and clay. Some of these are for honorable use, and some for dishonorable.

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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