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Romans 9:21
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
Romans 9:21 · Berean Standard Bible
Romans 9:21 in other translations
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
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In context
18 Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
21 Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
23 What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
24 including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
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