• καθὼς — SBLGNT
• καθὼς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
• καθάπερ — Westcott-Hort

Abraham's faith was identical with ours; this faith was prefigured by the words and actions of the old patriarchs. 1. But that our faith was also prefigured in Abraham, and that he was the patriarch of our faith, and, as it were, the prophet of it, the apostle has very fully taught, when he says in the Epistle to the Galatians: He therefore that ministers to you the Spirit, and…

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter. The history of Jacob and Esau is introduced to show the sovereign freedom of God's election. The elder shall serve the younger — this was declared before either had done good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand. Esau's selling his birthright for a mess of pottage shows the profanity of those who de…

I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren. Calvin shows Paul's anguish over Israel's rejection, but insists that God's word has not failed. Not all who descend from Israel are Israel. God's purpose according to election stands: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. The potter has power over the clay to make one vessel unto honour and another unto d…

The children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him that calleth, it was said unto her: The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written: Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. This is the clearest possible proof that free will is nothing at all.

Preface of Rufinus. Reader, remember me in your prayers, that we too may deserve to be made emulators of the spirit. The two former books on The Principles I translated not only at your instance, but even under pressure from you during the days of Lent; but as you, my devout brother Macarius, were not only living near me during that time, but had more leisure at your command th…

But the cause of this gracious election is exclusively the good pleasure of God. This does not involve God's choosing certain human qualities or actions from among all those possible as a condition of salvation, but rather involves adopting certain particular persons from among the common mass of sinners as God's own possession. As Scripture says: "When the children were not ye…