Romans 9:25
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Cross-references
Hosea 2:23 is the exact prophecy Paul quotes in Romans 9:25 — God promising to call 'Not My People' to be His people.
1 Peter 2:10 echoes the same Hosea passage, applying it to believers who were once not a people but now are God's people — confirming the apostolic interpretation.
Deuteronomy 32:21 prophesies God using a 'not a people' (Gentiles) — directly parallel to Hosea's 'not my people' becoming 'my people'.
Isaiah 19:25 calls Egypt 'my people' — a direct OT parallel to the Hosea quote, showing God's plan to include Gentiles.
Hosea 1:10 contains the same prophecy of calling 'not my people' to 'children of the living God' — the source of Paul's theme.
Isaiah 62:4 reverses the name 'Deserted' to 'Delight', mirroring Hosea's reversal of 'Not my people' to 'My people'.