romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

romans 9:16 So then it [does] not [depend] on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

16. So then it is not of him that willeth--hath the inward desire
nor of him that runneth--maketh active effort (compare 1Co 9:24, 26; Php 2:16; 3:14). Both these are indispensable to salvation, yet salvation is owing to neither, but is purely "of God that showeth mercy." See on Php 2:12, 13, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: for it is God which, out of His own good pleasure, worketh in you both to will and to do."

romans 9:16 So then it [does] not [depend] on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

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