²¹ Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that is for honorable use^[a] and one that is for ordinary use^[b]? ²² And what if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? ²³ And he did so^[c] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory,