is the cause of all the moral ills of the Gentile world. The correspondences between their lists of these vices are notable. Similarly, Paul’s argument for God’s sovereignty over human beings in Romans 9:19–24 reiterates the similar claims of Wisdom of Solomon concerning the impossibility of the creature condemning the actions of the Creator, even using the same image of the potter’s rights over the pot (Wis. 12:12; 15:7). Paul also shares the image of the body as the earthly tent, a perishable thing
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