NET Bible
"But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?"
— Romans 9:22, NET Bible
“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:”
“What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction: ”
“What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,”
“What if God, willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction,”
“What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:”
“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:”
You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”
But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?
But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
As he also says in Hosea:“I will call those who were not my people,‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved,‘My beloved.’”