23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--


In Context

20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "

21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction?

23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--

24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

25 As he says in Hosea: "I will call them 'my people' who are not my people; and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one,"

Romans 9:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:23That he might shew the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared unto glory?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:23and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:23and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call — us —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared to glory,