Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I and proclaim in what sense [God] says, "`That is a people who was not a people; and she is beloved who was not beloved; "[142] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III and Him who, by His Son Christ Jesus, has called us to the knowledge of Himself, from the worship of stones, so that those who were not a people were made a people, and she beloved who was not beloved[67] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said, This is not a people, there shall they be called the children of the living God."[313] 2 Clement no hope of salvation except it came to us from Him. For He called us when we were not,[14] and that we had no hope of salvation except it came to us from Him. For He called us when we were not,[8]