And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
this is also a proof, that their having received these Gentiles was agreeable with the mind of God. But ordained, not in regard of necessity: whom He foreknew, says the Apostle, He did predestinate. Romans 8:29 And the word of the Lord, etc.