25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia:



26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.



Ver. 26. Recommended to the grace of God] This shows that they set not upon the work in their own strength, but wholly depended upon the free grace of God, qua nolentem praevenit ut velit, volentem subsequitur, ne frustra velit, saith holy Augustine, who was a great advancer of grace, and abaser of nature; as being wholly of St Paul’s spirit, for which the Papists sharply censure him. (Stapleton, Sixt. Senens.)