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.
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Gill's Exposition
So then it is not of him that willeth,.... This is not a consequence drawn by an adversary, showing that if this be the case, it signifies nothing for men to will or do, they may even sit still and do…
Barnes' Notes
For he saith to Moses - Exo 33:19. I will have mercy - This is said by God when he declared expressly that he would make all his goodness pass before Moses Exo 33:19, and when, therefore, it was…
Adam Clarke
For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy, etc. - The words of God to Moses, Exo 33:19, show that God has a right to dispense his blessings as he pleases; for, after he had declared that he would spare…
The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal…
Cambridge Bible
For The connexion is; "The thought of injustice in these actsof the Eternal Judge is all the more to be rejected because they follow a principle expressed in His own words;for He saysto Moses, &c."…
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