Origen de Principiis Book III The words, moreover, used by the Apostle Paul, that "it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy; "[67] The passage also in Paul: "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[73] Let us now look to the expression, "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[176] Having now repelled these objections by the answer which we have given, let us hasten on to the discussion of the subject itself, in which it is said, "It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[179] Let us look next at the passage: "So, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[186] Such, then, is the defence which I think we can offer to the statement, that "it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy."[194]