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God's Mercy is the Source
Commentators unanimously affirm that this verse places the origin of salvation squarely on God's mercy. It is not earned or initiated by human desire ("him that willeth") or strenuous effort ("him that runneth"). While faith and striving are part of the Christian life, scholars like Albert Barnes and John Calvin clarify they are the result of God's work, not the cause that obligates God to show mercy.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 9:16
18th Century
Theologian
So then. It follows as a consequence from this statement of God to Moses. Or, it is a doctrine established by that statement.
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AT Robertson
On Romans 9:16
So then (αρα ουν). In view of this quotation.
It is not of (ου). We must supply εστιν ελεος with ου. "Merc…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 9:16
19th Century
Bishop
Of him that runneth.—A metaphor taken from the foot-races as St. Paul may very possibly have seen them practised at Corinth. ([Re…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 9:15–16
19th Century
Preacher
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is no…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 9:16
God’s dealings with Jacob and Esau might be challenged as arbitrary, on the ground that Esau was the object of injustice. To demonstrate that this …
John Calvin
On Romans 9:16
16th Century
Theologian
It is not then of him who wills, etc. From the testimony cited, he draws this inference: that beyond all controversy, our election is not …
John Gill
On Romans 9:16
17th Century
Pastor
So then it is not of him that willeth
This is not a consequence drawn by an adversary, showing that if this be the c…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 9:14–24
17th Century
Minister
Whatever God does, must be just. The way in which the holy, happy people of God differ from others, God's grace alone makes them differ. In this pr…