The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
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