As also in Hosea He says: "I will call those My people who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved."
for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
To all those who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
who formerly were not a people but now are the people of God, who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.