{So then} (ara oun). In view of this quotation. {It is not
of} (ou). We must supply estin eleos with ou. "Mercy is not
of." The articular participles (	ou thelontos, tou trechontos,
tou ele(936e)tos) can be understood as in the genitive with eleos
understood (mercy is not a quality of) or as the predicate
ablative of source like epiluse(9373) in  2Pe 1:20 . Paul is fond
of the metaphor of running.