Romans 9:25
As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.
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24Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:24But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.
Hosea 1:1The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel.
John 16:27For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
1 Peter 2:10In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:15-25
The Divine Sovereignty. ( a. d. 58.) 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the… Read the whole commentary →