Romans 9:23

American Standard Version (1901)

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

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  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
  • 1 Pet 1:2-5 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .
  • Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
  • Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Thess 1:10-12 : 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. 11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power; 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Tim 2:21 : 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Eph 2:3-5 : 3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:-- 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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    21 Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

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  • Rom 9:15-19
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    15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

    16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

    17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

    18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

    19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

  • Eph 1:8-9
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    8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

    9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

  • 24 [ even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

  • 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

  • Eph 1:4-6
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    4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

    5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

    6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

  • Rom 8:29-30
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    29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

    30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  • 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

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    30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

    31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

    32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

  • Eph 2:9-10
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    9 not of works, that no man should glory.

    10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

  • 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

  • 11 for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

  • 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

  • Eph 3:8-11
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    8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

    9 and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

    10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

    11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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    11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

    12 to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

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    28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are:

    29 that no flesh should glory before God.

  • 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

  • 27 to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • 16 howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

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    4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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    20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.

    21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.

  • 4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;

  • 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

  • 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

  • 10 For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.

  • 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

  • 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

  • 19 and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

  • 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

  • 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.