Charles Ellicott Commentary Romans 1:6

"among whom are ye also called [to be] Jesus Christ`s:" — Romans 1:6 (ASV)

Among whom are you also.—It is, perhaps, best not to put a comma after “also.” Among these Gentile churches, to which I am specially commissioned, you Romans too are called to the same obedience of faith, and therefore I have the more right to address you.

Called of Jesus Christ—i.e., not “called by Jesus Christ,” but “called and so belonging to Jesus Christ,” “your Master’s own elect ones.” (Compare LXX, 1 Kings 1:41, where the words “guests of Adonijah” are in Greek “called of Adonijah.”)