19. So you are going to say to me, "Then why does he still blame people? Who has ever resisted his will?"
20. You are only a human being. Who do you think you are to talk back to God? Does the clay say to the potter, "Why did you make me like this?"
21. Doesn’t the potter have the power over the clay to make one pot for special purposes and another for garbage from the same lump of clay?
22. What if God very patiently puts up with pots made for wrath that were designed for destruction, because he wanted to show his wrath and to make his power known?
23. What if he did this to make the wealth of his glory known toward pots made for mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory?