Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,

among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:

To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also crowned with glory.

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?

And in the place where it was said to them, 'No people of Mine are you,' there shall they be called sons of the everliving God."