Romans 9:21

Hath not the potter power of the clay to make of the same lumpe one vessell to honour, and another vnto dishonour?

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

22What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to destruction?

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:8But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.

Jeremiah 22:28Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they caryed away, hee and his seede, and cast out into a lande that they knowe not?

Acts 9:15Then the Lord said vnto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my Name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel.

Romans 9:18Therefore he hath mercie on whome he will, and whom he will, he hardeneth.

2 Timothy 2:20Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of gold and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honour, and some vnto dishonour.

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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