Romans 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
English “us” translated from Greek pronoun 2248 hemas and “chosen” translated from Greek noun 1589 ekloge in Acts 9:15 and Greek verb 1586 eklegomai in John 15:16 confirm that the apostle Paul and Jesus’ eleven surviving disciples are among God’s “seven thousand” “election”.
English “Gentiles” emboldened in Romans 9:24 was translated from Greek neuter noun 1484 ethnos which is any nation other than Israel. Greek neuter noun 1484 ethnos is synonymous with Hebrew masculine noun H1471 goy with both exemplifying why we must always know who is saying what to whom in the bible. Greek neuter noun 1484 ethnos was 5 times translated into “heathen” 64 times into “nation” 2 times into “people” and 93 times into “Gentiles”. Hebrew masculine noun H1471 goy was 374 times translated into “nation” 143 times into “heathen” 30 times into “Gentiles” and 11 times into “people” so we must know who is speaking these words which is often identified by the grammatical subject performing a verb’s action and the grammatical object receiving the action performed. When I began seriously studying the Bible I had a hard copy King James Bible and hard copy Strong’s Concordance. I went back and forth between bible and concordance making notes. My books and notes covered a large table. I began with the book of John which led me to the book of Matthew which led me to the book of Job and I was distressed because the English and Hebrew words in Job were telling me things contrary to the English and Greek words in Matthew and John. I had papers with hand written bible notes strewn out all over the table and beyond so I got out my laptop endeavoring to record what I was uncovering in a logical sequence that I could recover. I believe Matthew 6:6-8 “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking” “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him”. So there I was going back and forth between my hard copy King James Bible and hard copy Strong’s Concordance repeatedly thinking hey Lord give me a little help here but none came, as I studied Job for weeks. Then God said to me in Job 38:2 “Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?” I was initially angry because God allowed me to spend weeks reading the flesh thoughts and feelings of Job’s four buddies Bildad, Zophar, Eliphaz, and Elihu who “darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge”. I will spare you the thought that entered my mind in that moment. I will never forget how God taught me to never fall prey to flesh thoughts and feeling. My employer had provided me a laptop so I could exchange e-mail with the other 2,200 employees. When I went to my computer to document what I had learned from Job 38:2 there was a web page entitled HTMLbible.com so God did in fact answer my thought prayer. We must always remember that God is far more patient than flesh human beings as documented in 2Peter 3:5-18 as God’s will is condensed in Romans 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”. Job’s four buddies Bildad, Zophar, Eliphaz, and Elihu told Job a plethora of things that were not true. Throughout the bible flesh human beings tell their grammatical objects things that are demonstrably false. That is why we must always know who is saying what to whom and know the grammatical subject performing the verb’s action and the grammatical object receiving the action performed. The King James Bible says “all men are liars” “God be true but every man a liar” “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ” “I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars”.
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