World English Bible

Romans 9:20

“But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?”

Verse in context — Romans 9

So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?

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?

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

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