1 Peter 2:9
But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvellous light: -
Revelation 1:6
and he hath made us to be a kingdom - priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen.
Exodus 19:5-6
Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;
Deuteronomy 7:6
For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:
Deuteronomy 10:15
Only unto thy fathers, Yahweh became attached so as to love them, - therefore made he choice of their seed after them - of you - out of all the peoples, (as at this day).
Revelation 5:10
And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests, - and they reign on the earth.
Isaiah 61:6
But, ye, the priests of Yahweh, shall be called, The attendants of our God, shall ye be named, - The riches of the nations, shall ye eat, And in their glory, shall ye boast yourselves.
Isaiah 66:21
And of them also, will I take for priests - for Levites, saith Yahweh,
Deuteronomy 4:20
whereas you, hath Yahweh taken, and brought you forth out of a smelting-pot of iron, out of Egypt, - that ye might become his own inherited people as at this day.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For, a holy people, thou art unto Yahweh thy God, - and, of thee, did Yahweh make choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.
Isaiah 9:2
the people who were walking in darkness, Have seen a great light, - The dwellers in a land death-shadowed, A light, hath shined upon them.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes; that they turn from darkness unto light, and the authority of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them who have been made holy by the faith respecting me.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure - zealous of noble works.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And, Yahweh, hath avowed to-day that thou shalt be, his people, as a treasure, as he spake unto thee, - and that thou shalt observe all his commandments;
Psalm 22:30
My seed, shall serve him, It shall he recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:
Psalm 33:12
How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!
Psalm 73:15
If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
Psalm 106:5
That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory, with thine inheritance.
Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, - That there may enter in - a righteous nation preserving fidelity.
Isaiah 41:8
But, thou, Israel, my Servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, - The seed of Abraham my loving one;
Isaiah 42:16
Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them, - I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.
Isaiah 43:20-21
The wild beast of the field shall honour me, Jackals, and ostriches, Because I have given - In the desert, waters, Rivers in, desolate land, To give drink unto my people, my chosen:
Isaiah 44:1
Now, then - hear, O Jacob, my Servant, - and Israel whom I have chosen:
Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise - shine, For thy light, hath come, - And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
Matthew 4:16
The people that was sitting in darkness, a great light, beheld, - and, on them who were sitting in land and shade of death, Light rose on them.
Matthew 5:16
In like manner, let your light shine before men, - that they may see your good works, - and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
Luke 1:79
To shine on them who, in the darkness and shade of death, are sitting, to guide our feet into a way of peace.
John 17:19
And, on their behalf, I, hallow myself, that, they also, may have become hallowed in truth.
Acts 20:28
Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers, - to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own.
Acts 26:28
And, Agrippa, said unto Paul - Almost, art thou persuading, me, to become a, Christian!
Romans 9:24
Whom he also called, even us, not only from among Jews, but also from among the nations, what then?
1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy, - and such are ye.
Ephesians 1:6
Unto the praise of the glory of his favour wherewith he favoured us in the Beloved One, -
Ephesians 1:14
Which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of the acquisition; - unto his glorious praise.
Ephesians 3:21
Unto him, be the glory, in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus - unto all the generations of the age of ages; Amen: -
Ephesians 5:8-11
For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, - as children of light, be walking,
Philippians 2:15-16
In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,
Philippians 3:14
With the goal in view, I press on for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:13
Who hath rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
But, ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, the day, upon you, as upon thieves, should lay hold;
2 Timothy 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the peculiar purpose and favour - which was given to us in Christ Jesus before age-during times,
1 Peter 1:2
Chosen according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, unto obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied!
1 Peter 2:5
Yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well-pleasing unto God through Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 4:11
If any one speaketh, as oracles of God, if any one ministereth, as of strength which, God, supplieth, - that, in all things, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, - unto whom are the glory and the dominion, unto the ages of ages. Amen!
Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy, is he that hath part in the first resurrection: upon these, the second death, hath no authority; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him for the thousand years.