Mercy Divine and Human
T. Guthrie, D. D. Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, I have seen the lifebuoy spun out to a drowning man, and, amid the crowd on the pier that gazed in horror, there was none, as they watched its course over the roaring waves, but wished in his heart that it might reach its mark. Nor is it only that God is "willing that all should come to Him, and live." What mother but would open her door who heard the knocking, and recognized the well known voice of some poor, fallen child, that had sunk down there amid the winter drift, and cried, with failing breath, O mother, mother dear, open and let me in. And who thinks so ill of God as to believe that when He hears such a cry at the door of mercy, He will not rise to let us and to welcome us in! (T. Guthrie, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, WEB: But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,