Parallel Verses New Living Translation In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction. King James 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: Darby Bible Translation And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction; World English Bible What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, Young's Literal Translation And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, Romans 9:22 Parallel Commentary Wesley's Notes on the Bible9:22 What if God, being willing - Referring to Ro 9:18,19. That is, although it was now his will, because of their obstinate unbelief, To show his wrath - Which necessarily presupposes sin. And to make his power known - This is repeated from the seventeenth verse . Yet endured - As he did Pharaoh. With much longsuffering - Which should have led them to repentance. The vessels of wrath - Those who had moved his wrath by still rejecting his mercy. Fitted for destruction - By their own wilful and final impenitence. Is there any injustice in this ? Romans 9:22 Parallel Commentaries Library The Love which Withers. "Therefore hath He mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will He hardeneth."--Rom. ix. 18. The idea of hardening is so awful that, with all its unsanctified pity and natural religion, the human heart rejects it as a horrible thought. Natural compassion can not bear the idea that a fellow man, instigated to evil by it, should forever ruin himself. And natural religion can not conceive of a God who, instead of persuading His creature to virtue, should give him up and incite him to sin. This … Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit It is Also Written, "But I Say unto You... Flee Away, My Beloved, and be Thou Like to a Roe or to a Young Hart Upon the Mountains of Spices. Messiah's Innocence vindicated Cross References Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster. Romans 2:4 Don't you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can't you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? Romans 9:20 No, don't say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, "Why have you made me like this?" Romans 9:21 When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn't he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into? 1 Peter 2:8 And, "He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they do not obey God's word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them. Jump to Previous Anger Bore Borne Choosing Destruction Endure Endured Fitted Great Longsuffering Manifest Minded Objects Patience Possible Power Shew Show Subjects Suffering Terrors Time Vessels Willing WrathJump to Next Anger Bore Borne Choosing Destruction Endure Endured Fitted Great Longsuffering Manifest Minded Objects Patience Possible Power Shew Show Subjects Suffering Terrors Time Vessels Willing WrathLinks Romans 9:22 NIVRomans 9:22 NLT Romans 9:22 ESV Romans 9:22 NASB Romans 9:22 KJV Romans 9:22 Bible Apps Romans 9:22 Biblia Paralela Romans 9:22 Chinese Bible Romans 9:22 French Bible Romans 9:22 German Bible Romans 9:22 Commentaries Bible Hub |