Romans 9:22 倘若　神要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，

9:22 MSG

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新标点和合本 - 倘若　神要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 倘若上帝要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，难道不可多多忍耐宽容那应受愤怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 倘若　神要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，难道不可多多忍耐宽容那应受愤怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿吗？
当代译本 - 倘若上帝想要显示祂的烈怒和权能，就尽量容忍祂预备要发烈怒来毁灭的器皿，
圣经新译本 - 如果　神有意要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的大能，而多多容忍那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
中文标准译本 - 但如果神想要显出他的震怒，显明他的能力，就以极大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于灭亡的器皿，那又怎么样呢？
现代标点和合本 - 倘若神要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
和合本（拼音版） - 倘若上帝要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿；
New International Version - 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?
New International Reader's Version - What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.
English Standard Version - 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,
New Living Translation - In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.
Christian Standard Bible - And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
New American Standard Bible - What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
New King James Version - 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,
Amplified Bible - What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?
American Standard Version - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
King James Version - 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:
New English Translation - But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
World English Bible - What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
新標點和合本 - 倘若神要顯明他的忿怒，彰顯他的權能，就多多忍耐寬容那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 倘若上帝要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，難道不可多多忍耐寬容那應受憤怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 倘若　神要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，難道不可多多忍耐寬容那應受憤怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿嗎？
當代譯本 - 倘若上帝想要顯示祂的烈怒和權能，就儘量容忍祂預備要發烈怒來毀滅的器皿，
聖經新譯本 - 如果　神有意要顯明他的忿怒，彰顯他的大能，而多多容忍那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
呂振中譯本 - 倘若上帝雖有意要證顯他的義怒，播知他的能力，卻用大恆忍寬容那應受義怒的、準備進入滅亡的、器皿，
中文標準譯本 - 但如果神想要顯出他的震怒，顯明他的能力，就以極大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已預備要歸於滅亡的器皿，那又怎麼樣呢？
現代標點和合本 - 倘若神要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，就多多忍耐寬容那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
文理和合譯本 - 若上帝欲彰其怒、示其能、以恆忍包容可怒之器、備以毀敗者、
文理委辦譯本 - 上帝欲彰厥威、示其能、每恆忍包容諸可怒可毀之器、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 倘若天主、雖欲彰其怒、並示其能、仍恆忍寛容可怒當滅之器、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若天主欲宣其威而彰其德、對於可惡可毀之器、已予百般容忍、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¿Y qué si Dios, queriendo mostrar su ira y dar a conocer su poder, soportó con mucha paciencia a los que eran objeto de su castigo y estaban destinados a la destrucción?
현대인의 성경 - 만일 하나님이 노여우심을 보이고 자기 능력을 알게 하고 싶었지만 그래도 멸망받기로 되어 있는 사람들을 벌하시지 않고 너그럽게 참아 주셨다면 어떻게 하겠습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - А что, если Бог, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод - А что, если Всевышний, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А что, если Аллах, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А что, если Всевышний, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et qu’as-tu à redire si Dieu, parce qu’il voulait montrer sa colère et faire connaître sa puissance, a supporté avec une immense patience ceux qui étaient les objets de sa colère, tout prêts pour la destruction ?
リビングバイブル - そのように、どう考えても滅びるしかないような人々に対して、怒りと力を示す権利が神にないとでも言うのですか。しかも神は、これまでずっと忍耐してこられたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ Θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν;
Nova Versão Internacional - E se Deus, querendo mostrar a sua ira e tornar conhecido o seu poder, suportou com grande paciência os vasos de sua ira, preparados para a destruição?
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso wollte Gott an denen, die für das Verderben bestimmt sind, seinen Zorn und seine Macht sichtbar werden lassen. Und obwohl sie ihrem Untergang entgegengingen, hat er große Geduld mit ihnen gehabt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng thế, lẽ nào Đức Chúa Trời chẳng có quyền biểu lộ cơn thịnh nộ, chứng tỏ uy quyền của Ngài đối với những kẻ tội lỗi đáng hủy diệt, mà Ngài đã kiên tâm chịu đựng sao?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเรื่องการเลือกจะสำแดงพระพิโรธและให้ฤทธานุภาพของพระองค์เป็นที่ประจักษ์นั้น จะว่าอย่างไรถ้าพระเจ้าทรงอดกลั้นพระทัยอย่างยิ่งต่อผู้ที่เป็นเป้าของพระพิโรธ ผู้ซึ่งเตรียมไว้เพื่อความพินาศ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าพระเจ้าประสงค์จะแสดงให้เห็นถึงความโกรธเกรี้ยวของพระองค์ และให้อานุภาพเป็นที่ประจักษ์ แต่พระองค์ก็ยังได้อดทนมากต่อบรรดาผู้เป็นภาชนะที่ถูกปั้นไว้เพื่อการทำลาย แล้วใครจะว่าอย่างไร

交叉引用

2 Peter 2:9 - So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how to hold the feet of the wicked to the fire until Judgment Day.
Revelation 6:9 - When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they had held firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar, and cried out in loud prayers, “How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before you step in and avenge our murders?” Then each martyr was given a white robe and told to sit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servant companions and friends in the faith.
2 Peter 3:8 - Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change.
Lamentations 3:22 - God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.
Romans 1:18 - But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.
Romans 2:5 - You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
Numbers 14:18 - God, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; Still, never just whitewashing sin. But extending the fallout of parents’ sins to children into the third, even the fourth generation.
Psalms 50:22 - “Time’s up for playing fast and loose with me. I’m ready to pass sentence, and there’s no help in sight! It’s the praising life that honors me. As soon as you set your foot on the Way, I’ll show you my salvation.”
Matthew 23:33 - “Snakes! Cold-blooded sneaks! Do you think you can worm your way out of this? Never have to pay the piper? It’s on account of people like you that I send prophets and wise guides and scholars generation after generation—and generation after generation you treat them like dirt, greeting them with lynch mobs, hounding them with abuse.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 - Because the sentence against evil deeds is so long in coming, people in general think they can get by with murder.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 - Even though a person sins and gets by with it hundreds of times throughout a long life, I’m still convinced that the good life is reserved for the person who fears God, who lives reverently in his presence, and that the evil person will not experience a “good” life. No matter how many days he lives, they’ll all be as flat and colorless as a shadow—because he doesn’t fear God. * * *
2 Timothy 2:20 - In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.
Proverbs 16:4 - God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included—but for judgment.

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交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 倘若　神要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 倘若上帝要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，难道不可多多忍耐宽容那应受愤怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 倘若　神要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，难道不可多多忍耐宽容那应受愤怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿吗？
当代译本 - 倘若上帝想要显示祂的烈怒和权能，就尽量容忍祂预备要发烈怒来毁灭的器皿，
圣经新译本 - 如果　神有意要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的大能，而多多容忍那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
中文标准译本 - 但如果神想要显出他的震怒，显明他的能力，就以极大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已预备要归于灭亡的器皿，那又怎么样呢？
现代标点和合本 - 倘若神要显明他的愤怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，
和合本（拼音版） - 倘若上帝要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿；
New International Version - 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?
New International Reader's Version - What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.
English Standard Version - 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,
New Living Translation - In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.
Christian Standard Bible - And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
New American Standard Bible - What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
New King James Version - 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,
Amplified Bible - What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction?
American Standard Version - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
King James Version - 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:
New English Translation - But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
World English Bible - What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
新標點和合本 - 倘若神要顯明他的忿怒，彰顯他的權能，就多多忍耐寬容那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 倘若上帝要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，難道不可多多忍耐寬容那應受憤怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 倘若　神要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，難道不可多多忍耐寬容那應受憤怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿嗎？
當代譯本 - 倘若上帝想要顯示祂的烈怒和權能，就儘量容忍祂預備要發烈怒來毀滅的器皿，
聖經新譯本 - 如果　神有意要顯明他的忿怒，彰顯他的大能，而多多容忍那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
呂振中譯本 - 倘若上帝雖有意要證顯他的義怒，播知他的能力，卻用大恆忍寬容那應受義怒的、準備進入滅亡的、器皿，
中文標準譯本 - 但如果神想要顯出他的震怒，顯明他的能力，就以極大的耐心容忍那些承受震怒的器皿，就是他早已預備要歸於滅亡的器皿，那又怎麼樣呢？
現代標點和合本 - 倘若神要顯明他的憤怒，彰顯他的權能，就多多忍耐寬容那可怒、預備遭毀滅的器皿，
文理和合譯本 - 若上帝欲彰其怒、示其能、以恆忍包容可怒之器、備以毀敗者、
文理委辦譯本 - 上帝欲彰厥威、示其能、每恆忍包容諸可怒可毀之器、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 倘若天主、雖欲彰其怒、並示其能、仍恆忍寛容可怒當滅之器、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 若天主欲宣其威而彰其德、對於可惡可毀之器、已予百般容忍、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¿Y qué si Dios, queriendo mostrar su ira y dar a conocer su poder, soportó con mucha paciencia a los que eran objeto de su castigo y estaban destinados a la destrucción?
현대인의 성경 - 만일 하나님이 노여우심을 보이고 자기 능력을 알게 하고 싶었지만 그래도 멸망받기로 되어 있는 사람들을 벌하시지 않고 너그럽게 참아 주셨다면 어떻게 하겠습니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - А что, если Бог, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод - А что, если Всевышний, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А что, если Аллах, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А что, если Всевышний, желая показать гнев и явить Свою силу, долго терпит тех, кто вызывает Его гнев и приготовлен к уничтожению?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et qu’as-tu à redire si Dieu, parce qu’il voulait montrer sa colère et faire connaître sa puissance, a supporté avec une immense patience ceux qui étaient les objets de sa colère, tout prêts pour la destruction ?
リビングバイブル - そのように、どう考えても滅びるしかないような人々に対して、怒りと力を示す権利が神にないとでも言うのですか。しかも神は、これまでずっと忍耐してこられたのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ θέλων ὁ Θεὸς ἐνδείξασθαι τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ γνωρίσαι τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ, ἤνεγκεν ἐν πολλῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, σκεύη ὀργῆς κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν;
Nova Versão Internacional - E se Deus, querendo mostrar a sua ira e tornar conhecido o seu poder, suportou com grande paciência os vasos de sua ira, preparados para a destruição?
Hoffnung für alle - Genauso wollte Gott an denen, die für das Verderben bestimmt sind, seinen Zorn und seine Macht sichtbar werden lassen. Und obwohl sie ihrem Untergang entgegengingen, hat er große Geduld mit ihnen gehabt.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Cũng thế, lẽ nào Đức Chúa Trời chẳng có quyền biểu lộ cơn thịnh nộ, chứng tỏ uy quyền của Ngài đối với những kẻ tội lỗi đáng hủy diệt, mà Ngài đã kiên tâm chịu đựng sao?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในเรื่องการเลือกจะสำแดงพระพิโรธและให้ฤทธานุภาพของพระองค์เป็นที่ประจักษ์นั้น จะว่าอย่างไรถ้าพระเจ้าทรงอดกลั้นพระทัยอย่างยิ่งต่อผู้ที่เป็นเป้าของพระพิโรธ ผู้ซึ่งเตรียมไว้เพื่อความพินาศ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แม้ว่าพระเจ้าประสงค์จะแสดงให้เห็นถึงความโกรธเกรี้ยวของพระองค์ และให้อานุภาพเป็นที่ประจักษ์ แต่พระองค์ก็ยังได้อดทนมากต่อบรรดาผู้เป็นภาชนะที่ถูกปั้นไว้เพื่อการทำลาย แล้วใครจะว่าอย่างไร

2 Peter 2:9 - So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how to hold the feet of the wicked to the fire until Judgment Day.
Revelation 6:9 - When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they had held firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar, and cried out in loud prayers, “How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before you step in and avenge our murders?” Then each martyr was given a white robe and told to sit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servant companions and friends in the faith.
2 Peter 3:8 - Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn’t late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn’t want anyone lost. He’s giving everyone space and time to change.
Lamentations 3:22 - God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up. They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness! I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left.
Romans 1:18 - But God’s angry displeasure erupts as acts of human mistrust and wrongdoing and lying accumulate, as people try to put a shroud over truth. But the basic reality of God is plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is! By taking a long and thoughtful look at what God has created, people have always been able to see what their eyes as such can’t see: eternal power, for instance, and the mystery of his divine being. So nobody has a good excuse. What happened was this: People knew God perfectly well, but when they didn’t treat him like God, refusing to worship him, they trivialized themselves into silliness and confusion so that there was neither sense nor direction left in their lives. They pretended to know it all, but were illiterate regarding life. They traded the glory of God who holds the whole world in his hands for cheap figurines you can buy at any roadside stand.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.
Romans 2:5 - You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
Numbers 14:18 - God, slow to get angry and huge in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; Still, never just whitewashing sin. But extending the fallout of parents’ sins to children into the third, even the fourth generation.
Psalms 50:22 - “Time’s up for playing fast and loose with me. I’m ready to pass sentence, and there’s no help in sight! It’s the praising life that honors me. As soon as you set your foot on the Way, I’ll show you my salvation.”
Matthew 23:33 - “Snakes! Cold-blooded sneaks! Do you think you can worm your way out of this? Never have to pay the piper? It’s on account of people like you that I send prophets and wise guides and scholars generation after generation—and generation after generation you treat them like dirt, greeting them with lynch mobs, hounding them with abuse.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 - Because the sentence against evil deeds is so long in coming, people in general think they can get by with murder.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 - Even though a person sins and gets by with it hundreds of times throughout a long life, I’m still convinced that the good life is reserved for the person who fears God, who lives reverently in his presence, and that the evil person will not experience a “good” life. No matter how many days he lives, they’ll all be as flat and colorless as a shadow—because he doesn’t fear God. * * *
2 Timothy 2:20 - In a well-furnished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets—some containers used to serve fine meals, others to take out the garbage. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guests for their blessing.
Proverbs 16:4 - God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included—but for judgment.