Romans 9:26

And this shall be: in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they shall be called the sons of the living God.”

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In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

In Context

25just as he says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not my people, ‘my people,’ and she who was not beloved, ‘beloved,’ and she who had not obtained mercy, ‘one who has obtained mercy.’

27And Isaiah cried out on behalf of Israel: “When the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.

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Cross References

Hosea 1:9And he said: “Call his name, Not My People, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

John 11:52And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

2 Corinthians 6:18Then I will accept you. And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

1 John 3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

Matthew Henry on Romans 9:26-30

Conversion of the Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in… Read the whole commentary →

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