ACC ~ Romans 11 v6

IF BY GRACE, NO LONGER ON THE BASIS OF WORKS. AMBROSIASTER: It is clear that because grace is the gift of God there is no reward due for works, but it is granted freely because of the free mercy which intervenes.COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

DIODORE: Grace shows the love for mankind of the one who gives it, but works demand compensation according to what they are worth. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

GRACE SAVES THE WILLING. CHRYSOSTOM: If we are all saved by grace, some might argue, why is everyone not saved? Because they did not want to be is the answer. For grace, even though it is grace, saves the willing, not those who refuse it and turn away from it. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 18.

GRACE EMPOWERS WORKS. AUGUSTINE: Grace is given not because we have done good works but in order that we may have power to do them, not because we have fulfilled the law but in order that we may be able to fulfill it. THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER 16.10.

SAVED FREELY. PELAGIUS: In case the Jews replied to Paul about those concerning whom the word comes to Elijah: “They were righteous; why were these sinners chosen?” the apostle adds that they too are saved freely just as the Gentiles are. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

LAW AND GRACE INCOMPATIBLE. GENNADIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE: The apostle has expressed himself in this way … because he wants to show that the law and grace are completely incompatible and that the two of them can never go together. Of necessity, one must drive the other out. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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