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

24This is what God did for us whom he called—whether we are Jews or not. 25As God says in Hosea: “Those who are not my people I will call my people. Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called children of the living God.” 27Isaiah also says about Israel: “Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved. 28The Lord will carry out his sentence on the land, completely and decisively.”

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 1:9The Lord said, “Name him Lo Ammi [Not My People]. You are no longer my people, and I am no longer your God.
• Romans 8:16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
• Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not keep them.” Bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
• John 11:52He prophesied that Jesus wouldn’t die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God’s scattered children together and make them one.
• 2 Corinthians 6:18The Lord Almighty says, “I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.”
• Galatians 3:26You are all God’s children by believing in Christ Jesus.
• 1 John 3:1Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are. For this reason the world doesn’t recognize us, and it didn’t recognize him either.

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Ammi
• Continual
• Fault
• Hosea, Prophecies of
• Resist
• Bible, the
• Election
• Paul, the Apostle

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