Romans 9:21

Whether a potter of clay hath not power to make of the same gobbet one vessel into honour, another into despite, [or low office]? (Hath not a potter of clay the power, or the right, to make out of the same piece one vessel to be honoured, and another to be despised?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

20O! man, who art thou, that answerest to God? Whether a made thing saith to him that made it, What hast thou made me so? (or Why hast thou made me so?)

22And if God willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, hath suffered in great patience vessels of wrath able into death, [or into perdition, or damnation],

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Cross References

Isaiah 64:8And now, Lord, thou art our father; forsooth we be clay, and thou art our maker, and all we be the works of thine hands. (But now, Lord, thou art our father; and we be but clay, and thou art our Maker, and we all be the works of thy hands.)

Jeremiah 22:28Whether this man Jeconiah is (but) an earthen vessel, and all-broken? whether a vessel without all-liking? (or but a vessel all despised?) Why (else) be he and his seed cast away, and cast forth into a land which they knew not?

Acts 9:15And the Lord said to him, Go thou, for this is to me a vessel of choosing, that he bear my name before heathen men, and kings, and before the sons of Israel. (And the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a vessel that I have chosen, to bring my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and before the Israelites.)

Romans 9:18Therefore of whom God will, he hath mercy; and whom he will, he endureth. (And so for whom God desireth, he hath mercy; and for whom he desireth, he maketh hard or he maketh stubborn.)

2 Timothy 2:20But in a great house be not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of tree, and of earth, (or but also of wood, and of clay); and so some be into honour, and some into despite.

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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