Romans 9:21 — Meaning and Application

Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed {it}, Why hast thou made me thus? {repliest...: or, answerest again, or, disputest with God?}

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

{What} if God, willing to shew {his} wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: {fitted: or, made up}

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,