Romans 9:26

And in the place where it was said to them, `No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

25So also in Hosea He says, "I will call that nation My People which was not My People, and I will call her beloved who was not beloved.

27And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved;

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Cross References

John 11:52and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

2 Corinthians 6:18and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all."

1 John 3:1See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known 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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