Romans 9:22-23 Continued

Verse 23 in Greek:
Kai: and, even, also, namely
Hina: in order that, so that, for the purpose that
Gnorise: make known, declare, know, come to know, realize
Ton: the
Plouton: riches, wealth, abundance
Tes: the
Doxes: honor, renown, glory, splendor, what evokes good opinion
Autou: self
Epi: on, to, against, on the basis of, upon
Skeue: a vessel, goods
Eleous: pity, mercy, compassion
Ha: who, which, what, that
Proetoimasen: prepare beforehand, made ready in advance, to make ready before
Eis: in, into, among, till, for
Doxan: honor, renown, glory, splendor, what evokes good opinion

Also, for the purpose that he would make known the abundance of honor of himself, upon the vessels of compassion, who were made ready in advance in honor.

Dictionary:
purpose: the reason which something exists
vessels: a person who receives something
compassion: deep sympathy for someone stricken by misfortune

Also, for the purpose that he would make the abundance of his honor known, upon the people he felt deep sympathy for, who were made ready in advance in honor.

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 I don't know really how to analyze this. It says that he wanted them to know the abundance (how much) good opinion (honor) he had. I think this might mean God has a lot of good opinions towards the vessels of mercy. a vessel is just someone that receives something and mercy or compassion means to have a deep sympathy for someone struggling. So God thinks honorably toward those people. Those people he had made ready in advance and in honor.

The greek words used for "prepared" in both verses are different. The ones deserving wrath it says he fit together or made it what it ought to be. The ones deserving honor it says he made ready in advance.

I mean God is God the creator of everything, so he can pick specific people and get them ready for honor. and he can "mend" or tweak those deserving wrath.

He could make us all puppets if he wanted. He's God. But the bible says he is a God of love. So would a loving God create people on the earth and control their every move and and tweak them to how ever he wants them to be? Would God really want to tweak someone till they were destroyed? I am still so lost on this subject.

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