4. God, who is rich--Greek "(as) being rich in mercy."
for--that is, "because of His great love." This was the special ground of God's saving us; as "rich in mercy" (compare
Eph 2:7;
Eph 1:7;
Ro 2:4; 10:12)
was the general ground. "Mercy takes away misery; love
confers salvation" [BENGEL].
JFB.
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