Romans 9:25

Contemporary English Version

²⁵^(A) just as the Lord says in the book of Hosea,

“Although they are not
my people,
I will make them my people.
I will treat with love
those nations
that have never been loved.

Romans 9:25

New International Version

²⁵As he says in Hosea:

“I will call them ‘my people’ who are not my people;
and I will call her ‘my loved one’ who is not my loved one,”^[a]^(A)

¹⁰^(A) “Once you were nobody.
    Now you are God's people.
At one time no one
    had mercy on you.
Now God has treated you
    with kindness.”

¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;^(A) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

New International Version (NIV)