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One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?"

One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?"

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?' "

But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?'"

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?

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

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?

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

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—

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—

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

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