Romans 9:25
As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
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In Context
24[even] us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:24And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.
Hosea 1:1The word of Jehovah that came unto 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 loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
1 Peter 2:10who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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 →