Conclusion from this word of God. It (namely, the experience of God's mercy) does not depend on man's resolve or effort (for τρέχειν cf. 1 Corinthians 9:24 ff.), but on God's merciful act. This, of course, merely repeats Romans 9:12-13, buttressing the principle of God's sovereign freedom in the exercise of mercy by reference to His own word in Exodus 33:19.

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