Romans 9:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Someone may ask, “How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?”

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You tried to harm me, but God made it turn out for the best, so that he could save all these people, as he is now doing.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and prayed: You, LORD, are the God our ancestors worshipped, and from heaven you rule every nation in the world. You are so powerful that no one can defeat you.

Job 9:19

God is much stronger than I am, and who would call me into court to give me justice?

Psalm 76:10

Even the most angry people will praise you when you are furious.

Isaiah 29:16

You have it all backwards. A clay dish doesn't say to the potter, “You didn't make me. You don't even know how.”

Daniel 4:35

To him the nations are far less than nothing; God controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth. When God does something, we cannot change it or even ask why.”

Mark 14:21

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But it is going to be terrible for the one who betrays me. That man would be better off if he had never been born.”

Acts 2:23

God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross.

Romans 11:19

Perhaps you think those branches were cut away, so that you could be put in their place.

1 Corinthians 15:12

If we preach that Christ was raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life?

1 Corinthians 15:35

Some of you have asked, “How will the dead be raised to life? What kind of bodies will they have?”

James 1:13

Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others.

James 2:18

Suppose someone disagrees and says, “It is possible to have faith without doing kind deeds.” I would answer, “Prove that you have faith without doing kind deeds, and I will prove that I have faith by doing them.”