Yet the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor numbered. And it shall be, in the place where it is said to them, You are Not My People, it shall be said to them, Sons of the Living God.
And not only so, but also we ourselves having the firstfruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body;
And likewise the Spirit also joins in to help our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as it is right, but the Spirit Himself intercedes on our behalf with groanings that cannot be uttered.
“And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them, You are Not My people, there they will be called, “Sons of the Living God.” LXX-Hos. 2:1; MT-Hos. 2:23
For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we had our conduct in the world in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.
See what manner of love the Father has given us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are made known: Everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God; also the one not loving his brother.
Beloved ones, now we are the children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we shall be. But we know that if He is made visible to us, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
The one believing into the Son of God has the witness in himself. The one not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed into the witness which God has witnessed concerning His Son.