Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
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Gill's Exposition
As he also saith in Osee,.... Hos 2:23, so "Hosea" is called "Osee", as here, in the Septuagint in Neh 10:23. That is, as God says in the prophecy of Hosea, which was given by divine inspiration; and…
Barnes' Notes
Even us ... - See Rom 1:16; Rom 2:10; Rom 3:29-30. To prove that the Gentiles might be called as well as the Jews, was a leading design of the Epistle. Us - Christians, selected from both Jews and…
Adam Clarke
Even us, whom he hath called - All the Jews and Gentiles who have been invited by the preaching of the Gospel to receive justification by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and have come to the Gospel…
The apostle, having asserted the true meaning of the promise, comes here to maintain and prove the absolute sovereignty of God, in disposing of the children of men, with reference to their eternal…
Cambridge Bible
even us Lit., and better, whom also he called, us, &c. The "also" or "even" goes with the verb, and seems to indicate that the "afore-preparation" is rather that of the electing purpose of God than…
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