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Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
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Chosen by Grace, Not Merit
Commentators unanimously stress that God chose Israel and performed the Exodus miracles not because of Israel's own merit, but because of His sovereign, unmerited love for their forefathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. John Calvin calls this a 'gratuitous' grace, a favor springing from God's own generous nature, not from any worthiness in the people.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different tone.
19th Century
Anglican
Because he loved your fathers. —The reasons for God’s choice of Israel are frequently stated in this book; and they are a…
16th Century
Protestant
And because he loved. These words admit of two meanings; for the copulative conjunction stands at the beginning of the verse—“And beca…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And because he loved your fathers Not their immediate fathers, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness, and entered n…
Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. If we considered what a God he is with whom we have to do, we would surely be conscientious …
