Jesus Christ.” “Called” is klētoi (κλητοι), “called ones,” those called, summoned by an effectual call in which the one called is rendered in sovereign grace willing to appropriate salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus. Paul says these Roman saints were “the called of Jesus Christ.” This could be genitive of possession, belonging to Jesus Christ, as Robertson translates, “called to be Jesus Christ’s.” Denney says, “They belonged to Him because they have heard and obeyed the gospel.” Yet, Alford