willing: Romans 9:17, Romans 1:18, Romans 2:4-5; Exodus 9:16; Psalms 90:11; Proverbs 16:4; Revelation 6:16-17
endured: Numbers 14:11, Numbers 14:18; Psalms 50:21-22; Ecclesiastes 8:11-12; Lamentations 3:22; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:8-9, 2 Peter 3:15; Jude 1:4; Revelation 6:9-11
the vessels: The Apostle, by employing the appellation of the vessels of wrath, carries on the similitude of the potter, by which he had illustrated the sovereignty of God. Romans 9:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; 2 Timothy 2:20
fitted: or, made up, Genesis 15:16; Matthew 23:31-33; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Peter 2:8; Jude 1:4