23 What if he did this to make the wealth of his glory known toward pots made for mercy, which he prepared in advance for glory?
24 We are the ones God has called. We don’t come only from the Jews but we also come from the Gentiles.
25 As it says also in Hosea, I will call “my people” those who aren’t my people, and the one who isn’t well loved, I will call “loved one.”
26 And in the place where it was said to them, "You aren’t my people," there they will be called "the living God’s children."
27 But Isaiah cries out for Israel, Though the number of Israel’s children will be like the sand of the sea, only a remaining part will be saved,
28 because the Lord does what he says completely and quickly.
29 As Isaiah prophesied, If the Lord of the heavenly forces had not left descendants for us, we would have been like Sodom, and we would have become like Gomorrah.