Rom 9:16 | RWP | e4.org | So then ( αρα ουν ). In view of this quotation. It is not of ( ου ). We must supply εστιν ελεος with ου . "Mercy is not of." The articular participles ( του θελοντοσ, του τρεχοντοσ, του ελεωντος ) can be understood as in the genitive with ελεος understood (mercy is not a quality of) or as the predicate ablative of source like επιλυσεως in . Paul is fond of the metaphor of running.

‏ Romans 9:16

So then ( αρα ουν ). In view of this quotation.

It is not of ( ου ). We must supply εστιν ελεος with ου. "Mercy is not of." The articular participles ( του θελοντοσ, του τρεχοντοσ, του ελεωντος ) can be understood as in the genitive with ελεος understood (mercy is not a quality of) or as the predicate ablative of source like επιλυσεως in 2Pe 1:20. Paul is fond of the metaphor of running.