Romans 9:21

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Summary

Romans 9:21

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

The potter

One vessel

2 Timothy 2:20

Bible References

The potter

for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,

All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Yet now Yahweh, you [are] our father; we [are] the clay and you [are] our {potter}, and we all [are] the work of your hand.

So I went down [to] the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter's wheels.

One vessel

And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

[Is] this man Coniah a despised, shattered vessel? Or a vessel [in which] there is no delight? Why are he and his offspring thrown far, and cast away to the land that they do not know?"

Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like an object that no one desires.

But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.

Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.