Romans 9 · Verse 25

Romans 9:25

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

Romans 9:25, King James Version

Romans 9:25 in other translations

BSB	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,”
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.”
ASV	As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
YLT	as also in Hosea He saith, ‘I will call what is not My people--My people; and her not beloved--Beloved,
DARBY	As he says also in Hosea, I will call not-my-people My people; and the-not-beloved Beloved.
BBE	As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.
Webster	As he saith also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not my people; and her Beloved, who was not beloved.

What does Romans 9:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

25. As he saith also in Osee--"Hosea." I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved--quoted, though not quite to the letter, from Ho 2:23, a passage relating immediately, not to the heathen, but to the kingdom of the ten tribes; but since they had sunk to the level of the heathen, who were "not God's people," and in that sense "not beloved," the apostle legitimately applies it to the heathen, as "aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise" (so 1Pe 2:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 25. As he saith also. The doctrine which he had established he proceeds now to confirm by quotations from the writings of Jews, that he might remove every objection. The doctrine was,

(1.) that God intended to call his people from the Gentiles as well as the Jews.

(2.) That he was bound by no promise and no principle of obligation to bestow salvation on all the Jews.

(3.) That therefore it was right for him to reject any or all of the Jews, if he chose, and cut them off from their privileges as a people, and from salvation.

In Osee. This is the Greek form of writing the Hebrew word Hosea. It means in the book of Hosea, as in David means in the book of David, or by David, Heb 4:7. The passage is found in Hoss 2:23. This quotation is not made according to the letter, but the sense of the prophet is preserved. The meaning is the same in Hosea and in this place, that God would bring those into a covenant relation to himself, who were before deemed outcasts and strangers. Thus he supports his main position that God would choose his people from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews, or would exercise towards both his right as a sovereign, bestowing or withholding his blessings as he pleases.

(y) "Osee" Hoss 2:23

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 25 As he saith also in Osee - It is a cause of not a little confusion, that a uniformity in the orthography of the proper names of the Old and New Testaments has not been preserved. What stranger to our sacred books would suppose that the Osee above meant the Prophet Hosea, from whom, Hos 2:23, this quotation is taken: I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people. The apostle shows that this calling of the Gentiles was no fortuitous thing, but a firm purpose in the Divine mind, which he had largely revealed to the prophets; and by opposing the calling of the Gentiles, the Jews in effect renounced their prophets, and fought against God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Romans 9:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὡςhōsAsG5613

καὶkaialsoG2532

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtō<the>G3588

ὩσηὲHōsēeHoseaG5617

λέγει·legeiHe says:G3004

καλέσωkalesōI will callG2564

τὸνtonthat which [is]G3588

οὐounotG3756

λαόνlaonpeopleG2992

μουmouof MineG3165

λαόνlaonpeopleG2992

μουmouof MineG3165

καὶkaiandG2532

τὴνtēnher whoG3588

οὐκouknotG3756

ἠγαπημένηνēgapēmenēnlovedG25

ἠγαπημένην.ēgapēmenēnloved.G25

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 9:25

Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
1 Peter 2:10
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
John 16:27
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Romans 1:7
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hosea 1:1-2
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

in Osee.
Ho 1:1,2
Hosea. I will call.
Ho 2:23; 1Pe 2:10
beloved.
1:7; Eze 16:8; Joh 16:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Romans 9:24
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Romans 9:25
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Romans 9:26
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

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Romans 9:25 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Como también en Oseas dice: Llamaré al que no era mi pueblo, pueblo mío; y á la no amada, amada.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	comme aussi il dit en Osée: « J’appellerai mon peuple celui qui n’était pas mon peuple, et bien-aimée celle qui n’était pas bien-aimée »;
German Elberfelder 1871	Wie er auch in Hosea sagt: "Ich werde Nicht-mein-Volk mein Volk nennen, und die Nicht-Geliebte Geliebte".
Latin Clementine Vulgate	sicut in Osee dicit: Vocabo non plebem meam, plebem meam: et non dilectam, dilectam: et non misericordiam consecutam, misericordiam consecutam.