9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?” 9:20 But who indeed are you – a mere human being ¹  – to talk back to God? ²  Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” ³  9:21 Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay ⁴  one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? ⁵  9:22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects ⁶  of wrath ⁷  prepared for destruction? ⁸  9:23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ⁹  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory – 9:24 even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?