^{20 Ref} nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?

^{21 Ref} hath not the potter authority over the clay, out of the same lump to make the one vessel to honour, and the one to dishonour?

^{22 Ref} And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

^{20 Ref} 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 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: