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So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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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So then (αρα ουν). In view of this quotation.
It is not of (ου). We must supply εστιν ελεος with ου. "Merc…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that by God’s choice one person is preferred to another—not based on works but on the grace of the one calling—the Apostle …
