Bible Strands
Romans 9:24
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the Roman congregation while constructing his argument on divine election and mercy. He interrupts his own syntactical flow to clarify the ethnic composition of those receiving that mercy.
The words — ἐκάλεσεν (ekalesen) translates literally as “He has called,” and οὐ μόνον (ou monon) means “not only.” These lexical items establish the grammatical framework for the verse’s claim about divine summons.
The thread — The statement directly continues the “vessels of mercy” concept from Romans 9:23 and anticipates the Hosea citation in Romans 9:25. It aligns with the ethnic dissolution described in Colossians 3:11 and the universal gathering anticipated in Psalms 22:27.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s call extends to both Jews and Gentiles, explicitly including the author. The reader must accept that divine election operates across ethnic lines and cannot be confined to a single lineage.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Cross-references
- Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Acts 13:47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Acts 15:14 Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
- Acts 21:17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- Romans 3:29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
- Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Romans 11:11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.