Acts 18:27

25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being ^afervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, ^bthough he knew only the baptism of John.

26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

27 And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, ^ahe greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, ^ashowing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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Acts 18:27

The last phrase, "who had believed through grace," parallels the thought in Acts 13:48: "And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed." It reinforces that our belief is the consequence, not the cause, of God calling us, even as His predestinating us to eternal life causes us to believe. This also clarifies that God appoints only a limited number to eternal life in this age, and by grace, God's gift, He imparts to them the faith to submit to Him. Some believed the preaching of Paul and some did not. Those whom God gave faith by grace were greatly helped by Apollos, to whom God had also given faith.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sovereignty of God: Part Seven

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