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Romans 9:25
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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,”
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Romans 9:25 in Other Translations
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As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
ESV
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As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"
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Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before.”
MSG
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Hosea put it well: I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved.
CSB
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As He also says in Hosea: I will call "Not-My-People," "My-People," and she who is "Unloved," "Beloved."
Romans 9:25 In-Context
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What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—
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even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
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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,”
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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.’ ”
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Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
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Hosea 2:23
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1 Peter 2:10
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Hosea 2:23
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