Tree of Life Version
Romans 9:22
22Now what if God, willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath designed for destruction?
Romans 9:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- New International Version (NIV)What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?
- English Standard Version (ESV)What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
- New King James Version (NKJV)What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Context of Romans 9:22
20But who in the world are you, O man, who talks back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” 21Does the potter have no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for common use? Now what if God, willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath designed for destruction? 23And what if He did so to make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory? 24Even us He called—not only from the Jewish people, but also from the Gentiles—
Read all of Romans 9Romans 9:22 word by word
Εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- ·δέde · thenG1161
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- willingθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
- to shewἐνδείκνυμιendeiknumi · to showG1731
- wrathὀργήorgē · wrathG3709
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- to makeγνωρίζωgnōrizō · to make knownG1107
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- powerδυνατόςdunatos · ableG1415
- enduredφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
- withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- muchπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- longsufferingμακροθυμίαmakrothumia · patienceG3115
- the vesselsσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
- fittedκαταρτίζωkatartizō · to completeG2675
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- destructionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
Cross-references for Romans 9:22
- Romans 9:17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up—to demonstrate My power in you, so My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. In unrighteousness they suppress the truth,
- Romans 2:4Or do you belittle the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience—not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Exodus 9:16However, I have let you stand for this reason: to show you My power, and that My Name might be proclaimed throughout all the earth.
- Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your fury leads to awe of you.
- Proverbs 16:4Adonai works everything out for his own purpose— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
- Revelation 6:16And they tell the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- Numbers 14:11Adonai said to Moses, “How long will these people treat Me contemptibly? How long will they neglect to trust in Me—in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?
- Psalms 50:21These things you have done— Should I keep silent? You thought I was just like you— but I reprove you, and set the case before your eyes.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence against a crime is not swiftly carried out, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
- Lamentations 3:22Because of the mercies of Adonai we will not be consumed, for His compassions never fail.
- 1 Peter 3:20Long ago they disobeyed while God kept waiting patiently, in the days of Noah as the ark was being built. In that ark a few (that is, eight souls) were brought safely through water.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
- 2 Peter 3:8But don’t forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.
- Jude 1:4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
- Revelation 6:9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slaughtered for the sake of the word of God and for the witness they had.
Commentaries on Romans 9:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22What if God, willing to show his wrath - The apostle refers here to the case of Pharaoh and the Egyptians, and to which he applies Jeremiah's parable of the potter, and, from them, to the then state of the Jews. Pharaoh and the Egyptians were vessels of wrath - persons deeply guilty before God; and by their obstinate refusal of his grace, and abuse of his goodness, they had fitted themselves for that destruction which the wrath, the vindictive justice of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 Whatever God does, must be just. Wherein the holy, happy people of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In this preventing, effectual, distinguishing grace, he acts as a benefactor, whose grace is his own. None have deserved it; so that those who are saved, must thank God only; and those who perish, must blame themselves only, Hos 13:9. God is bound no further than he has been pleased to bind himself by his own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33n this section, Paul addresses a serious question. Many Jews did not believe in Jesus. If God had promised salvation to Israel, how could Jesus truly fulfill God’s plan when so few Jews believed (9:1–5)? In response, Paul uses the Old Testament to show that God always planned to save only a remnant, that is, a smaller group within Israel (9:6–29). Paul also explains that many Jews did not accept Christ because they refused to trust in him (9:30–10:21)…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. What if God, willing to show--"designing to manifest" his wrath--His holy displeasure against sin. and to make his power--to punish it known endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath--that is, "destined to wrath"; just as "vessels of mercy," in Ro 9:23, mean "vessels destined to mercy"; compare Ep 2:3, "children of wrath." fitted for destruction--It is well remarked by Stuart that the "difficulties which such statements involve are not…Read the comment
- Calvin’s Commentaries · v. 2222. And what, etc. A second answer, by which he briefly shows, that though the counsel of God is in fact incomprehensible, yet his unblamable justice shines forth no less in the perdition of the reprobate than in the salvation of the elect. He does not indeed give a reason for divine election, so as to assign a cause why this man is chosen and that man rejected; for it was not meet that the things contained in the secret counsel of God should be subjected…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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