17For the Scripturesays to Pharaoh, “aFor thisvery purpose I raised you up, in order to demonstrate My power in you, and in order that My name might be proclaimed1throughout thewholeearth.” 18Sothen He hasmercy on whom He desires, and He ahardenswhom He desires.
Romans 9:21-22
21Or does not the potterhaveauthority over the clay, to make from the samelump one vessel1for honorableuse and another 2for dishonorable use? 22And 1whatifGod, wanting to demonstrate His wrath and to make His powerknown, endured with muchapatiencevessels of wrathbhaving been prepared for destruction,