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

But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him-those who have received the Call in accordance with his purpose.

God will not fail you, and it is he who called you into communion with his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Therefore, Christian Brothers, you who, all alike, have received the Call from Heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our Religion.

God, from whom all help comes, and who called you, by your union with Christ, into his eternal glory, will, when you have suffered for a little while, himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Then a voice said to me 'Write-- "Blessed are those who have been summoned to the marriage feast of the Lamb."' And the voice said-- 'These words of God are true.'

Not of the jews

Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?

Not after, but before. And it was as a sign of this that he received the rite of circumcision-to attest the righteousness due to the faith of an uncircumcised man-in order that he might be the father of all who have faith in God even when uncircumcised, that they also may be regarded by God as righteous;

For no distinction is made between the Jew and the Greek, for all have the same Lord, and he is bountiful to all who invoke him.

I ask then--'Was their stumbling to result in their fall?' Heaven forbid! On the contrary, through their falling away Salvation has reached the Gentiles, to stir the rivalry of Israel.

For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God's truthfulness, has become a minister of the Covenant of Circumcision, so that he may fulfil the promises made to our ancestors,

For this is the Lord's command to us--'I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, a means of Salvation to the ends of the earth'."

Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his Name.

On our arrival at Jerusalem, the Brethren there gave us a hearty welcome;

All distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female, have vanished; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the Good News, the Gentiles are co-heirs with us and members of one Body, and that they share with us in God's Promise.

In that new life there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman; but Christ is all!--and in all!

General references

Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?