Romans 9:24

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Summary

Romans 9:24

Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Whom

Revelation 19:9

Not of the jews

General references

Romans 3:29

Bible References

Whom

We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

God can be depended on, and it was he who called you to this fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."

Not of the jews

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

and he was afterward given the mark of circumcision as the stamp of God's acknowledgment of the uprightness based on faith that was his before he was circumcised, so that he should be the forefather of all who, without being circumcised, have faith and so are credited with uprightness,

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

I ask then, has their stumbling led to their absolute ruin? By no means. Through their false step salvation has gone to the heathen, so as to make the Israelites jealous.

I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,

For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "

Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

When we reached Jerusalem, the brothers there gave us a hearty welcome.

There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

So remember that you were once physically heathen, and called uncircumcised by those who called themselves circumcised, though only physically, by human hands.

that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

Here, what matters is not "Greek" and "Jew," the circumcised and the uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeborn, but Christ is everything and in us all.

General references

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;