^{21 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,