20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

21 Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame?

22 What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,