Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”
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In Context
19You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”
Cross References
Job 16:3Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Job 36:23Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness’?
Job 40:2“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
Job 40:8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Isaiah 29:16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay, that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?
Isaiah 64:8But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
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 →