Romans 9:25-26 : As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God. Paul had shown that God dealt with men and nations according to their attitude toward him. He now quotes Hosea to show that it had been God's purpose to call faithful Gentiles his people, though Gentiles had not been his chosen people--they had not been his beloved people. Those who had not been his people were to become sons of the living God. Paul was showing that these prophecies concerning the Gentiles were being fulfilled in the gospel of Christ. Paul then devotes considerable space to a discussion of the condition of Israel under the gospel.