What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory--even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience
Romans 2:4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
the objects of his wrath--prepared for destruction
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD works out everything to its proper end--even the wicked for a day of disaster.
What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory
Romans 8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
even us, whom he called
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles
Romans 3:28-31 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised by that same faith. Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.
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