2 TIMOTHY 1:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,”
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began — God's redemptive action (sōzō) precedes faith, flowing from purpose (prothesis) and grace (charis) eternally decreed in Christ. Election transcends works and precedes cosmic time.
Church Fathers on 2 Timothy 1:9
There is nothing worse than that man should measure and judge of divine things by human reasonings. For thus he will fall from that rock a vast distance, and be deprived of the light. For if he who wishes with human eyes to apprehend the rays of the sun will not only not apprehend them, but, besides this failure, will sustain great injury; so, but in a higher degree, is he in a way to suffer this, and abusing the gift of God, who would by human reasonings gaze intently on…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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