Romans 9:16 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 9:16

So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 1.5 (420)

It is clear from this passage that the willing and running are ours, but the fulfillment of our willing and running belongs to the mercy of God. So it is that free will is preserved as far as our willing and running is concerned and that everything depends on the power of God as far as the fulfillment of our willing and running is concerned.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Such is the method of God's grace towards all that partake of it, for he is found of those that sought him not ( Isa. lxv. 1 ); in this preventing, effectual, distinguishing grace, he acts as a benefactor, whose grace is his own. Our eye therefore must not be evil because his is good; but, of all the grace that we or others have, he must have the glory: Not unto us, Ps. cxv.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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."

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄρα	ara	So	G686 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
οὐ	ou	[it is] not	G3756 →
τοῦ	tou	of the [one who is]	G3588 →
θέλοντος	thelontos	willing	G2309 →
οὐδὲ	oude	nor	G3761 →
τοῦ	tou	of the [one who is]	G3588 →
τρέχοντος	trechontos	running	G5143 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τοῦ	tou	of the [one who is]	G3588 →
ἐλεῶντος	eleōntos	showing mercy	G1653 →
θεοῦ.	theou	of God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
leads to
- Romans 3:22–26
  And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Ephesians 2:5
  made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Romans 4:16
  Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who…
- John 1:12–13
  But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Romans 10:17
  Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Through
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.