Romans 9:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Romans 9:22 —

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Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Jude 1:4
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
1 Peter 2:8
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
2 Timothy 2:20
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Backsliders Chastisement Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Dead (people)Death

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-24)

The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal state. And herein God is to be considered, not as a rector and governor, distributing rewards and punishments according to his revealed laws and covenants, but as an owner and benefactor, giving to the c…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22-23. What if God, willing to show--“designing to manifest” his wrath--His holy displeasure against sin. and to make his power--to punish it known endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath--that is, “destined to wrath”; just as “vessels of mercy,” in Ro 9:23, mean “vessels destined to mercy”; compare Ep 2:3, “children of wrath.” fitted for destruction--It is well remarked by Stuart th…