including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
Parallel translations
- WEB us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
- KJV Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
- NKJV even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
- NASB namely us, whom He also called, not only from among Jews, but also from among Gentiles,
- NLT And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.
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Quick answer
These vessels of mercy are believers whom God called from both Jews and Gentiles. God's saving purpose reaches beyond Israel to all who are called in Christ.
Overview
Paul identifies the objects of mercy from v. 23 as us, the called, drawn not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles. This is the heart of his answer to Israel's unbelief: God is gathering a people from every nation. The inclusion of Gentiles fulfills the promise to Abraham and shows that God's electing mercy creates a new, worldwide people of God, which Paul confirms by Scripture in the next verses.
Cross-references & the web
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- Col 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- 1 Cor 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- Rom 11:11–13I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Rom 8:28–30And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Acts 21:17–20When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- Eph 2:11–13Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
- Eph 3:6–8This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 15:14Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
- Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
- Rom 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Acts 13:47–48For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Rom 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Rev 19:9Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
- Rom 15:8–16For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
- Rom 4:11–12And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
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