¹⁶ So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

¹⁶ It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

¹⁶ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

¹⁶ So then [it is] not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.