Romans 9:17-24
17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “(A)For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed (a)throughout the whole earth.”
18 So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He (B)hardens whom He desires.
19 (C)You will say to me then, “(D)Why does He still find fault? For (E)who resists His will?”
20 On the contrary, who are you, (F)O man, who (G)answers back to God? (H)The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?
21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel (b)for honorable use and another (c)for common use?
22 (d)What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much (I)patience vessels of wrath (J)prepared for destruction?
23 And He did so to make known (K)the riches of His glory upon (L)vessels of mercy, which He (M)prepared beforehand for glory,
24 even us, whom He also (N)called, (O)not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.
Footnotes:
a.
Romans 9:17: ['Lit ', in]
b.
Romans 9:21: ['Lit ', for honor]
c.
Romans 9:21: ['Lit ', for dishonor]
d.
Romans 9:22: ['Lit ', But]
Cross references:
B.
Romans 9:18:
Exodus 4:21; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 9:12; Exodus 10:20; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 11:10; Exodus 14:4; Exodus 14:17; Deuteronomy 2:30; Joshua 11:20; John 12:40; Romans 11:7; Romans 11:25
G.
Romans 9:20:
Job 33:13
L.
Romans 9:23:
Acts 9:15