1 Corinthians 1:31
So that-in the words of Scripture-'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!'
Ephesians 1:12
That we should enhance his glory--we who have been the first to rest our hopes on the Christ.
1 Peter 2:5
and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual House, to be a consecrated Priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.