Romans 9:26

“It will be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”

World English Bible

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 he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

27Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

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Cross References

Hosea 1:9He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

John 11:52and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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

1 John 3:1See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t 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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