Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
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Gill's Exposition
What if God, willing to show his wrath,.... The apostle proceeds to clear God from any charge of cruelty and unmercifulness, by observing his conduct in time, both towards those he passes by, and…
Barnes' Notes
Hath not the potter ... - This same sovereign right of God the apostle proceeds to urge from another illustration, and another passage from the Old Testament; Isa 64:8, “But now, O Lord, thou art our…
Adam Clarke
Hath not the potter power over the clay - The apostle continues his answer to the Jew. Hath not God shown, by the parable of the potter, Jer 18:1, etc., that he may justly dispose of nations, and of…
The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal…
Cambridge Bible
the potter the clay This is the simile likewise in Isaiah just quoted, and in Isa 64:8. (Cp. Jer 18:1-10.) It gets its force from the perfect pliability of the material. Certainly the illustration…
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