Romans 9:25

As also he said in Hosea: I will call them my people, who were not my people; and will pity, whom I have not pitied:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

24namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:

26For it shall be, that in the place where they were called: Not my people, there shall they be called: The children of the living God.

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Cross References

John 16:27for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I proceeded from the presence of the Father.

1 Peter 2:10who formerly were not accounted a people, but now are the people of God; and also, there were once no mercies on you, but now mercies are poured out upon you.

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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