So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.

据此看来，这不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎发怜悯的神。

由此看来，这不靠人的意愿，也不靠人的努力，只靠上帝的怜悯。

由此看来，这不靠人的意愿，也不靠人的努力，只靠神的怜悯。

可见这并不在于人的意志和努力，而在于祂的怜悯。

这样看来，既不是出于人意，也不是由于人为（“人为”原文作“奔走”或“奔跑”），只在于那怜悯人的神。

由此可见，这不在于人的意愿，也不在于人的努力，而在于施怜悯的神。

據此看來，這不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎發憐憫的神。

由此看來，這不靠人的意願，也不靠人的努力，只靠上帝的憐憫。

由此看來，這不靠人的意願，也不靠人的努力，只靠神的憐憫。

可見這並不在於人的意志和努力，而在於祂的憐憫。

這樣看來，既不是出於人意，也不是由於人為（“人為”原文作“奔走”或“奔跑”），只在於那憐憫人的神。

這便不是在乎那意願的，也不是在乎那奔跑的，乃是在乎那憐恤人的上帝了。

由此可見，這不在於人的意願，也不在於人的努力，而在於施憐憫的神。

是則非由志意、非由馳驅、乃由矜恤之上帝也、

此非由人意、非由人力、乃由上帝矜恤、

如是、非由人願、非由人力、原文作如是非由願者非由趨者乃由矜恤之天主、

此固非人意與人力、所得而左右、惟在慈惠天主之矜恤而已。

It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

So it doesn’t depend on what people want or what they do. It depends on God’s mercy.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

So it is God who decides to show mercy. We can neither choose it nor work for it.

So then, it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

So then, it does not depend on the person who wants it nor the one who runs, but on God who has mercy.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

So then[ it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.

At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.But“ when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

“ I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘ Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.

Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,so that no one can boast in his presence.He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,so that, as it is written,“ Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad( so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)–

The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him,“ My son!”“ Here I am!” Esau replied.Isaac said,“ Since I am so old, I could die at any time.Therefore, take your weapons– your quiver and your bow– and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me.Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.”“ But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah,“ and I have smooth skin!My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”So his mother told him,“ Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!”So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it.