Romans 9:21

James Moffatt - New Testament

What! has the potter no right over the clay? Has he no right to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for a menial?

Cross References

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

Romans 9:11

and though the children were still unborn and had done nothing either good or bad (to confirm the divine purpose in election which depends upon the call of God, not on anything man does),

Romans 9:18

Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.

Romans 9:20

But who are you, my man, to speak back to God? Is something a man has moulded to ask him who has moulded it, "Why did you make me like this?"