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,"[1]

Other Translations of Romans 9:25

King James Version

25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

English Standard Version

25 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.'"

The Message

25 Hosea put it well: I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved.

New King James Version

25 As He says also in Hosea: "I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved."

New Living Translation

25 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."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Romans 9:25

Commentary on Romans 9:25-29

(Read Romans 9:25-29)

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 professing Christians it is to be feared that only a remnant will be saved.