Romans 9:26

and, “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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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

25As 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,”

27Isaiah cries out regarding Israel: “Even if the children of Israel have become as numerous as the sands of the sea, only a small number will be saved.

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Cross References

Hosea 1:9The Lord told Hosea, “Call him Lo-ammi, because you are not my people and I am not your God.

John 11:52And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God so that they might be gathered together and be made into one.

2 Corinthians 6:18“I will be like a Father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

1 John 3:1Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize 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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