1 Peter 2:9
But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
Revelation 1:6
and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father--to him [be] the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.
Exodus 19:5-6
And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, {for all the earth is mine},
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you [are] a holy people for Yahweh your God; Yahweh your God has chosen you to be for him a people, a treasured possession from [among] all the peoples that [are] on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 10:15
{Yet} to your ancestors Yahweh was very attached, [so as to] love them, and [so] he chose their offspring after them, [namely] you, from all the peoples, as it is {today}.
Revelation 5:10
and made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth."
Isaiah 61:6
But you shall be called the priests of Yahweh, {you will be called} servers of our God. You shall eat [the] wealth of [the] nations, and you shall boast in their riches.
Isaiah 66:21
And indeed, I will take some of them as priests [and] the Levites," says Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:20
But Yahweh has taken you and brought you out from the furnace of iron, from Egypt, to be a people of inheritance to him, {as it is this day}.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you [are] a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
Isaiah 9:2
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; light has shined on those who lived in a land of darkness.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes [so that they] may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, [so that] they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, in order that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And Yahweh [has] declared you {today} to be for him as a people, a treasured possession, as he {promised} to you, and [that you are] to observe all his commandments,
Psalm 22:30
Descendants will serve him. Regarding the Lord, it will be told to the [next] generation.
Psalm 33:12
Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] Yahweh, the people he has chosen for his inheritance.
Psalm 73:15
If I had said, "I will speak thus," behold, I would have acted treacherously against your children's generation.
Psalm 106:5
that may see the good [done] your chosen ones, to be glad in the joy of your nation, to glory together with your inheritance.
Isaiah 26:2
Open [the] gates {so that} [the] righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!
Isaiah 41:8
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you, the {offspring} of Abraham my {friend},
Isaiah 42:16
And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; I will cause [them] to tread on paths they have not known. I will make darkness {in their presence} into light and rough places into level ground. These [are] the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 43:20-21
The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and daughters of [the] ostrich, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert, to give a drink [to] my chosen people,
Isaiah 44:1
"But now hear, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 60:1-3
"Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you.
Matthew 4:16
the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and the ones who sit in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned on them."
Matthew 5:16
In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Luke 1:79
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."
John 17:19
And for them I sanctify myself, so that [they] themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.
Acts 20:28
Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].
Acts 26:28
But Agrippa [said] to Paul, "In a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"
Romans 9:24
us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,
Ephesians 1:14
who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 3:21
to him [be] the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 5:8-11
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light
Philippians 2:15-16
in order that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as stars in the world,
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:13
who has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred [us] to the kingdom of the Son {he loves},
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,
2 Timothy 1:9
who saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace that was given to us in Christ Jesus {before time began},
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and [for] sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
1 Peter 2:5
And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy [is] the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.