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fore Paul here in this verse begins his sentences, by saying, with the heart , and with the mouth.
11. Aeysi, saith) ix. 33, note.1
12. Ou yap k<sn diatro'kri, for there is no difference) ch. iii. 22. Here the words first to the Jews , are not added, as at the begin- ning, ch. i. 16. — 6 yap aurog, for the same) ch. iii, 29, 30. — K vpiog, Lord), ver. 9. — nhovruv) rich and liberal, whom no mul- titude of believers, how great soever it may be, can exhaust ; who never finds it necessary to deal more sparingly.
13. Uag og av, whosoever , Acts ii. 21, note. This mono- syllable, vag (all), more precious than the whole world, set forth [as a theme] ver. 12, is so repeated, ver. 12 and 13, and farther confirmed, ver. 14, 15, as not only to signify that who- soever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved, but that God wills that He should be called upon by all, for their salvation.
14. 15. Uug, how) A descending climax; by which Paul argues from each higher to the next lower degree, and infers the necessity of the latter, as also from that necessity [infers] its very existence. He who wills the end, wills also the means. God wills that men should call upon Him for their salvation ; therefore He wills that they should believe ; therefore He wills that they should hear ; therefore He wills that they should have preachers. Wherefore He sent preachers. He has done all that the matter [the object aimed at, viz., man’s salvation] required. His antecedent will is universal and efficacious.
14. Ou ou/c riKovdav) whom, namely, when speaking in the Gospel, ver. 15, or offering Himself, they have not heard.
15. Uug ds xqpugoud/v, hut how [how then] shall they preach ) viz., o/ xripvddovrsg, those preaching. This word, as well as those going before, is put in the future tense, in imitation of Joel, in whose writings this expression, shall call, is found, ver. 13, by that [manner, which Paul has at times, of] looking from the Old Testament [standing-point] to the New. — xa&ug, as) i.e. messengers [of the good tidings] were not wanting. Isaiah in spirit saw their eager steps. — ug — s/pqvyiv, rib v iuayyiX/fyusvuv rd dyaQd) Is. Iii. 7. LXX ug — dxoijv e/pijvrjg og evuyye’ki^ofievog uyaQa.
1 Ou x.oiTix.KrX'V'jO'/ioiTctt, shall not he ashamed) Unrighteousness and de- struction lead to shame : righteousness and salvation to glory. — V. g.
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