King James Version
Romans 9:26
26And 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.
Romans 9:26 in other versions
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)And, “Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
Context of Romans 9:26
24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 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. 27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
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καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ οὗ ἐρρέθη αὐτοῖς· οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, ἐκεῖ κληθήσονται υἱοὶ θεοῦ ζῶντος.Read the interlinear
- 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 said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
- Romans 8:16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
- Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
- John 11:52And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
- Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
- 1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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
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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
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