Romans 9:21

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Or, does not the potter have the right to make what he wants to out of the clay? Can he not make both a beautiful vase and a common pot out of the same lump [of clay]?

Cross References

Acts 9:15

But the Lord replied to him, “Go on your way, for Saul is someone I have especially chosen to carry my name to the [unconverted] Gentiles, kings and the Israelites.

Romans 9:11

– See Verse 12

Romans 9:18

So then, God has pity on whomever He wants to, and He makes stubborn whomever He wants.

Romans 9:20

But who [do you think] you are, [you mere] man, to [attempt a] reply to God? Will the object formed [i.e., a clay pot] say to the one who molded it, “Why did you make me this way?”