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15. τῷ Μωυσεῖ γὰρ κ.τ.λ = LXX[182] Exo 33:19. In the original the force lies in the assertion of effective mercy. S. Paul applies it as asserting selective mercy (cf. 18). The mercy of GOD depends upon His Will. But how does this exclude the charge of unrighteousness, as γὰρ implies that it does? It can only do so, on the unexpressed assumption that GOD’S Will is essentially and necessarily righteous; cf. Rom 3:6. But this is the very point raised by the objector: and we should have expected it to be expressed in the most explicit form. The context however shows that it is not the general mercy of GOD ‘over all His works’ which is here being considered, but His mercy in selecting human instruments for carrying out His work of redemption; ἔλεος is closely connected with χάρις (cf. Hort, 1 Pet. p. 30). Cf. Rom 11:30 f.
[182] LXX. the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament