Romans 9:26
And it shall be—in the place where it was said [to them] —not my people are, ye! there, shall they be called—Sons of a Living God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
25As also in Hosea he saith—I will call the not-my-people, My people, and the not-beloved, beloved,
Cross References
Hosea 1:9Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi [="No people of mine"],—for ye are Lo-ammi ["No people of mine"], and, I, will not be yours.
John 11:52and, not for the nation only, but that, the scattered children of God also, he might gather together into one.
2 Corinthians 6:18And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.
1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love, the Father hath bestowed upon us—that, children of God, we should be called,—and such we are! Therefore, the world understandeth us not, because it understood not 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 →