Augustine of Hippo, on 1Cor 9:24

“Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run that you may obtain.”

“It is not from the one who wills nor from the one that runs but from God who has mercy that we obtain what we hope for and reach what we desire. Esau was unwilling and did not run. Had he been willing and had he run, he would have obtained the help of God who by calling him would have given him the power both to will and to run.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.