diff --git a/46-ROM/09.usfm b/46-ROM/09.usfm index 0005e7fb..b2e583c6 100644 --- a/46-ROM/09.usfm +++ b/46-ROM/09.usfm @@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ \v 18 So we know that God kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly toward. And we also know that he makes stubborn anyone who he wants to be stubborn, such as Pharaoh. - - \s5 \p -\v 19 Maybe one of you will say to me, "Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants some of us to sin. No one has resisted what God has wished! Therefore, it is not right for God to punish those who sin." +\v 19 Maybe one of you will say to me, "Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do and no one can resist what God has wished; therefore, it is not right for God to punish those who sin." \v 20 I would reply, "You are only a human being, so you have no right to criticize God! He is like a man who makes clay pots. A pot has no right to ask its maker, "Why did you make me like this?" \v 21 Instead, the potter certainly has the right to take a lump of clay and use part of it to make a beautiful pot that people will value highly—and then use the rest of the clay for a pot that someone will use every day. Certainly God has the same right.