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.
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Gill's Exposition
Dearly beloved, I beseech you,.... The apostle, from characters of the saints, and which express their blessings and privileges, with great beauty, propriety, and pertinency, passes to exhortations to…
Barnes' Notes
Which in time past were not a people - That is, who formerly were not regarded as the people of God. There is an allusion here to the passage in Hos 2:23, “And I will have mercy upon her that had not…
Adam Clarke
Which in time past were not a people - This is a quotation from Hos 1:9, Hos 1:10; Hos 2:23, where the calling of the Gentiles, by the preaching of the Gospel, is foretold. From this it is evident,…
I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much…
Cambridge Bible
Which in time past were not a people The reference is to the children of Gomer, with their strange ill-omened names, Lo-Ammi and Lo-Ruhamah (Hos 1:2.): but it may be a question whether the citation is…
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