For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
For (as the Scripture saith): whosoever, х pas (G3956) gar (G1063) hos (G3739)]. The phrase is emphatic-`Every one whosoever,' or, 'Whosoever he be that'
Shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. These words are from Joel 2:32; and they are quoted also by Peter in his great Pentecostal sermon (Acts 2:21) with evident application to Christ. Indeed, this is but one of many Old Testament passages of which Yahweh is the Subject, and which in the New Testament are applied to Christ-an irrefragable proof of His proper divinity. But on this most significant phrase the reader will find more on 1 Corinthians 1:2. (Even DeWette on this passage notices that, in Ephesians 3:8, our apostle speaks of "the unsearchable riches of Christ.")
But this Universality of the Gospel Call Supposes the Universal Proclamation of it, Obnoxious though that be to the Jews (Romans 10:14-15)