Romans 9:25

As God said in the book of Hosea, “Those who are not my people I will call my people, and those who are not loved I will call the ones I love,”

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In The King James Version

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

In Context

24This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too...

26and, “It will happen that at the place where they were told, ‘You're not my people,’ there they will be called the children of the living God.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:24You made your people Israel your own forever, and you, Lord, have become their God.

Hosea 1:1The Lord sent a message to Hosea son of Beeri at the time when Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was the king of Israel.

John 16:27for the Father himself loves you—because you love me and believe that I came from God.

1 Peter 2:10In the past you were nobodies, but now you are God's people. In the past you hadn't received mercy, but now you have received 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 →

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