1 Peter 2:9

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

Revelation 5:10

thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on earth."

Acts 26:18

that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

Titus 2:14

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

Matthew 4:16

The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.

Matthew 5:16

So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace."

John 17:19

and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

Acts 26:28

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

1 Corinthians 3:17

God will destroy anyone who would destroy God's temple, for God's temple is sacred ??and that is what you are.

Ephesians 1:6

redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved,

Ephesians 1:14

which is the pledge and instalment of our common heritage, that we may obtain our divine possession and so redound to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 3:21

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever: Amen.

Ephesians 5:8-11

For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

Philippians 2:15-16

so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;

Philippians 3:14

to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

But, brothers, you are not in the darkness for the Day to surprise you like thieves;

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

1 Peter 1:2

whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 2:5

come and, like living stones yourselves, be built into a spiritual house, to form a consecrated priesthood for the offering of those spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 4:11

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years.

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Summary

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

A chosen

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A chosen

1 Peter 1:2
whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

A royal

Revelation 5:10
thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on earth."
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power, they shall be priests of God and the Christ, and reign along with him during the thousand years.

Peculiar

Acts 20:28
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.
Ephesians 1:14
which is the pledge and instalment of our common heritage, that we may obtain our divine possession and so redound to the praise of his glory.
Titus 2:14
who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

Shew

1 Peter 4:11
If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.
Matthew 5:16
So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.
Ephesians 1:6
redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved,
Ephesians 3:21
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever: Amen.
Philippians 2:15
so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;

General references

Romans 9:16
You see, it is not a question of human will or effort but of the divine mercy.