Romans 9
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Romans 9:17-22

17ForG1063 theG3588 ScriptureG1124 saysG3004 toG3588 PharaohG5328: “I raised you upG1825G4771 forG1519 this veryG846 purpose, thatG3704 I might displayG1731 MyG1473 powerG1411 inG1722 youG4771, andG2532 thatG3704 MyG1473 nameG3686 might be proclaimedG1229 inG1722 allG3956 theG3588 earthG1093.”1 18ThereforeG686G3767 God has mercyG1653 on whomG3739 He wantsG2309 to have mercy, andG1161 He hardensG4645 whomG3739 He wantsG2309 to harden.

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One of you will sayG2046 to meG1473, “ThenG3767 whyG5101 does God still find faultG2089G3201? ForG1063 whoG5101 can resistG436 HisG846 willG1013?” 20ButG3304 whoG5101 are youG1510, OG5599 manG444, to talk backG470 to GodG2316? Shall whatG3588 is formedG4110 sayG2046 to Him whoG3588 formedG4111 it, “WhyG5101 did You makeG4160 meG1473 like thisG3779?”2 21Does notG3756 theG3588 potterG2763 haveG2192 the rightG1849 to makeG4160 fromG1537 theG3588 sameG846 lumpG5445 of clayG4081 oneG3739 vesselG4632 forG1519 special occasionsG5092 andG1161 another forG1519 common useG819?

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What ifG1487 GodG2316, intendingG2309 to showG1731 His wrathG3709 andG2532 makeG1107 HisG846 power knownG1415, boreG5342 withG1722 greatG4183 patienceG3115 the vesselsG4632 of His wrathG3709, preparedG2675 forG1519 destructionG684?

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Notes

  1. 1. Romans 9:17 Exodus 9:16 (see also LXX) ↩
  2. 2. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9 ↩

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