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Noun Strong's Number: g1656 Greek: eleos
Merciful (Adjective, and Verb, to Be), Mercy (Noun, and Verb, to Have, Etc.):
"is the outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it. It is used
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a) of God, who is rich in mercy,
Eph 2:4, and who has provided salvation for all men,
Tts 3:5, for Jews,
Luk 1:72, and Gentiles,
Rom 15:9. He is merciful to those who fear him,
Luk 1:50, for they also are compassed with infirmity, and He alone can succor them. Hence they are to pray boldly for mercy,
Hbr 4:16, and if for themselves, it is seemly that they should ask for mercy for one another,
Gal 6:16;
1Ti 1:2. When God brings His salvation to its issue at the Coming of Christ, His people will obtain His mercy,
2Ti 1:16;
Jud 1:21;
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b) of men; for since God is merciful to them, He would have them show mercy to one another,
Mat 9:13;
12:7;
23:23;
Luk 10:37;
Jam 2:13.
"Wherever the words mercy and peace are found together they occur in that order, except in
Gal 6:16. Mercy is the act of God, peace is the resulting experience in the heart of man. Grace describes God's attitude toward the law-breaker and the rebel; mercy is His attitude toward those who are in distress."*
[* From Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 340, 341.]
"In the order of the manifestation of God's purposes of salvation grace must go before mercy... only the forgiven may be blessed... From this it follows that in each of the Apostolic salutations where these words occur, grace precedes mercy,
1Ti 1:2;
2Ti 1:2;
Tts 1:4 (in some mss.);
2Jo 1:3" (Trench, Syn, xlvii).
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