Rom 9:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. So then it is not of him that willeth —hath the inward desire nor of him that runneth —maketh active effort (compare ). Both these are indispensable to salvation, yet salvation is owing to neither, but is purely "of God that showeth mercy." See on , "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. "

Romans 9:16

16. So then it is not of him that willeth—hath the inward desire

nor of him that runneth—maketh active effort (compare 1Co 9:24, 26; Php 2:16; 3:14). 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."