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: |
What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, |
What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? |
What if God, choosing to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the objects of His wrath – prepared for destruction? |
What if God, although fully intending to show [the awfulness of] His wrath and to make known His power and authority, has tolerated with much patience the vessels (objects) of [His] anger which are ripe for destruction? |
But if, as is the case, God desiring to demonstrate His wrath and to make known His power, endured with much long-suffering instruments of wrath fitted for destruction, |
May it not be that God, though He must sooner or later expose His wrath against sin and show His controlling hand, has yet most patiently endured the presence in His world of things that cry out to be destroyed? |
And what if God, though wishing to display His anger and make known His power, yet has most patiently borne with the objects of His anger, already ripe for destruction, |
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