Romans 9:26

Romans 9:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and, “In the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

Context of Romans 9:26

24We are those people! God has chosen us to be his people. It is not only Jews that he has chosen. He has also chosen Gentiles. 25God says this in the book of Hosea: ‘I will say to people who were not my people, “Now you are my people.” I will say to people that I did not love, “I love you.” ’ ‘God had said to them, “You are not my people.” In the same place where he said that, people will now call them “Children of God, who lives for ever.” ’ 27Also, Isaiah, God's prophet, said this about Israel's people: ‘There are so many of Israel's people, nobody can count them. They are as many as the bits of sand on the shore of the sea. But God will save only a few of them. 28The Lord God will finish his work quickly. He has warned his people what he will do. And he will punish them completely.’

Romans 9:26 word by word

καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς· οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• it shall come to passεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the placeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• whereοὗhou · whitherG3757
• it was saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Yeσύsu · youG4771
• notοὐou · noG3756
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• shall they be calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• the childrenυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of theθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• livingζάωzaō · to liveG2198

Cross-references for Romans 9:26

• Hosea 1:9Then the Lord said, ‘Call him Lo-Ammi. This is because you Israelites are not my people. I am not your God.’
• Romans 8:16God's Spirit himself causes us to know that we are God's children. God's Spirit and our own spirits agree that this is true.
• Isaiah 43:6I will say to people in the north, “Give them back!” And I will say to people in the south, “Do not stop them!” Bring my sons from places that are far away. Bring my daughters from the ends of the earth.
• John 11:52And Jesus would die not only for Israel's people. He would also die for all God's people who lived in many different places. He would bring them all together. They would become like one big family.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18He also says: ‘I will be a Father to you. You will be my sons and my daughters. That is what the Almighty Lord God says.’
• Galatians 3:26All of you are God's children because you believe in Christ Jesus.
• 1 John 3:1Think about how much God the Father loves us. He calls us his children! God loves us so much that we really have become his children. The people who belong to this world do not understand who God is. Because of that, they do not understand who we are.

Commentaries on Romans 9:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26And it shall come to pass, etc. - These quotations are taken out of Hosea, Hosea 1:10, where (immediately after God had rejected the ten tribes, or kingdom of Israel, Hosea 1:9, then saith God, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God), he adds, yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, that in the place in which it was said…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-29Verses 25-29 The rejecting of the Jews, and the taking in the Gentiles, were foretold in the Old Testament. It tends very much to the clearing of a truth, to observe how the Scripture is fulfilled in it. It is a wonder of Divine power and mercy that there are any saved: for even those left to be a seed, if God had dealt with them according to their sins, had perished with the rest. This great truth this Scripture teaches us. Even among the vast number of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-26God was free to choose some people from among the Jews to have a true spiritual relationship with him. In the same way, he was free to choose some people from among the Gentiles (non-Jewish people) to be saved. God was not limited by ethnic background. Paul supports this point by quoting the prophet Hosea. Hosea spoke about the ten northern tribes of Israel. These tribes had rebelled against God and were under his judgment. Even so, Hosea said that God…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. And--another quotation from Ho 1:10. 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--"called sons" of the living God--The expression, "in the place where ... there," seems designed only to give greater emphasis to the gracious change here announced, from divine exclusion to divine admission to the privileges of the people of God.Read the comment
• Calvin’s Commentaries · v. 2626. I will call them my people which are not a people This is said with respect to the divorce, which God had already made with the people, by depriving them of all honor, so that they did not excel other nations. Though they indeed, whom God in his eternal counsel has destined as sons to himself, are perpetually his sons, yet Scripture in many parts counts none to be God’s children but those the election of whom has been proved by their calling: and…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 9:26

• Adoption
• Gentiles
• Predestination
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions

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Commentaries on Romans 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings