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"It will be that in the place where it was said to them, `You are not my people,` There will they be called `sons of the living God.`"
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A Pattern of Restoration
Commentators explain that Paul quotes a prophecy from Hosea originally about God restoring rejected Israel. By applying it to the Gentiles, Paul reveals a broader principle: if God can reclaim His own people after they've been cast off, He can certainly adopt those who were formerly outsiders. This demonstrates the consistent and expansive nature of God's grace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And it shall come to pass. This means it shall happen or take place. This is a continuation of the quotation from the prophet Hosea ([Refe…
Ye are not my people (ου λαος μου υμεις). Quotation from Ho 1:10 ().
There (εκε). Palestine in the origina…
19th Century
Anglican
And it shall come to pass.—This, too, was originally spoken of the restoration of the northern exiles to the land of Pale…
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Baptist
There shall they be called the children of the living God.
See the splendor of this divine sovereignty, which shows itself in wondr…
As he continues the review of God’s sovereign activity, Paul presents another problem. If God acts unilaterally, according to his own will and purp…
16th Century
Protestant
I will call them my people which are not a people. This is said regarding the divorce that God had already effected with the people, by de…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass that in the place This is another citation out of Hosea, and is to be seen in ([Reference …
The rejection of the Jews and the inclusion of the Gentiles were foretold in the Old Testament. It greatly clarifies a truth to observe how Scriptu…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that God’s grace is given to people as a result of God’s election, through which they are called to grace, the Apostle show…
