As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Parallel translations
- WEB As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”
- KJV As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
- NKJV As He says also in Hosea: “I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.”
- NASB as He also says in Hosea: “I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’ And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’ ”
- NLT 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.”
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Quoting Hosea, Paul shows God calling those who were not his people his people, and the unloved his beloved. God mercifully embraces those once outside the covenant.
Overview
To prove the calling of the Gentiles (v. 24), Paul cites Hosea 2:23. Though Hosea originally spoke of restoring unfaithful Israel, Paul applies the principle to Gentiles, who were not God's people and now become his beloved through the gospel. This demonstrates God's pattern of mercy toward outsiders and confirms that the worldwide reach of salvation was foretold in Scripture.
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- Hos 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
- 1 Pet 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Ezek 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
- John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
- Rom 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Hos 1:1–2This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
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