Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
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Bible References
Were
Romans 9:25
As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;
Obtained
Romans 11:6
But if it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else grace is no more grace.
1 Corinthians 7:25
I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
1 Timothy 1:13
although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.
General references
Romans 9:16
So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.