Romans 9:17-24

New King James Version

¹⁷ For ^(A)the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, ^(B)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” ¹⁸ Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He ^(C)hardens.

¹⁹ You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For ^(D)who has resisted His will?” ²⁰ But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? ^(E)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” ²¹ Does not the ^(F)potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make ^(G)one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

²² What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering ^(H)the vessels of wrath ^(I)prepared for destruction, ²³ and that He might make known ^(J)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had ^(K)prepared beforehand for glory, ²⁴ even us whom He ^(L)called, ^(M)not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?