Romans 9:25
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 9
“As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.”Romans 9:25
What Does Romans 9:25 Mean?
Romans 9:25 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 9, verse 25 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Adoption, Election, and Identity.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Romans 9:25 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Hebrews 8:10“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”Hosea 2:23“And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.”Hosea 1:10“Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.”1 John 3:1“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”Deuteronomy 32:21“They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.”Hosea 1:1“The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.”1 Peter 2:10“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.”1 Thessalonians 1:4“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.”Isaiah 62:4“Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.”Ezekiel 16:8“Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.”John 16:27“For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.”Hebrews 2:10“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”John 11:52“And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.”Romans 1:7“To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”Acts 18:6“And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.”2 Samuel 7:24“For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.”2 Samuel 22:44“Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.”1 Chronicles 17:22“For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.”Numbers 13:16“These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.”Isaiah 43:6“I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;”
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