Romans 4:17; Romans 8:30; Romans 9:7; Romans 9:11; Romans 9:24; Romans 9:25; Romans 9:26

Romans 4:17

17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

Romans 8:30

30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 9:7

7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”

Romans 9:11

11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:

Romans 9:24

24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

Romans 9:25

25 As he says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people; and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”

Romans 9:26

26 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.’ ”