Romans 9:17,22-23 KJV<br />[17]For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.<br />[22]What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:<br />[23]And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,