God says in Hosea, “I will call those who are not my people, ‘my people.’ I will call the one who is not my loved one, ‘my loved one.’ ”
Once you weren’t a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
To all of you in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people. May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.