Longsuffering] cp. Romans 2:4. Vessels] the metaphor of the potter continued. Of wrath] i.e. deserving wrath. Fitted] St. Paul does not say, 'God had made them fit for destruction' (contrast 'afore prepared,' Romans 9:23). They had become 'fitted for destruction,'because, being intractable under the moulder's hand, they were of no use for His purpose.

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