I don't see any statement there that all are capable of believing in Jesus Christ.Jn 3:16
I see only that all those who do shall not perish but have eternal life.
That is not in contradiction to NT teaching that
no one can even see the kingdom of God until the Holy Spirit sovereignly rebirths him, or that
those without the Holy Spirit do not accept the things that come from God (1 Co 2:14), or that
the unregenerate mind set on the flesh is hostile to God, does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so (Ro 8:7), or that
those controlled by the sinful nature (all those not born again) cannot please God. (Ro 8:8).
That is not in contradiction to
rebirth being a sovereign act of God dependent on and governed by nothing but his sovereign choice, as unaccountable as the wind (Jn 3:6-8), rather than man's own choosing,
faith being a gift from God (Php 1:29, Ac 13:48, Ac 18:27, 2 Pe 1:1, Ro 12:3) rather than man's own doing,
repentance being granted (2 Tim 2:25, Ac 11:18, 5:3) rather than man's own doing,
obedience being by God's own working in us both to will and to do (Php 2:13), for we could do neither apart from God's own working it in us.
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