1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

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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

Isaiah 44:1

A royal

Peculiar

Titus 2:14

Shew

Philippians 2:15

General references

Bible References

A chosen

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

A royal

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Peculiar

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Shew

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

General references

And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.