1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Revelation 1:6

and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Exodus 19:5-6

And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be a special people to Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only Jehovah had a delight in your fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you above all people, as it is today.

Revelation 5:10

And You made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign over the earth.

Isaiah 61:6

But you will be named the priests of Jehovah; it will be said of you, Ministers of our God; you will eat the riches of the nations, and you will revel in their glory.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But Jehovah has taken you and brought you out from the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; they who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

in order to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

And Jehovah has taken you today to be His peculiar people, as He has promised you, and to keep all His commandments,

Psalm 22:30

A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah; the people He has chosen for His inheritance.

Psalm 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.

Psalm 106:5

that I may see the good of Your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, to glory with Your inheritance.

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates, and the righteous nation shall enter in, keeping faithfulness.

Isaiah 41:8

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. I will do these things to them, and not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:20-21

The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.

Isaiah 44:1

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

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen on you.

Matthew 4:16

The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in the region and shadow of death."

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men that they may 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 guide our feet into the way of peace.

John 17:19

And I sanctify Myself for their sakes, so that they also might be sanctified in truth.

Acts 20:28

Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said to Paul, Do you persuade me to be a Christian in but a little?

Romans 9:24

whom He also called, not only us, of Jews, but also of the nations?

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone defiles the temple of God, God shall destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

Ephesians 1:14

who is the earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 3:21

to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:8-11

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

Philippians 2:15-16

so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;

1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 2:5

you also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, 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 words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as of the ability which God gives, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory, and the might forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.

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Summary

1 Peter 2:9

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

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Only Jehovah had a delight in your fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you above all people, as it is today.

A seed shall serve Him; it shall be spoken of Jehovah to the coming generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah; the people He has chosen for His inheritance.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would deceive a generation of Your sons.

But you, Israel, are 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

And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.

But you will be named the priests of Jehovah; it will be said of you, Ministers of our God; you will eat the riches of the nations, and you will revel in their glory.

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.

and made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

And You made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign over the earth.

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.

Peculiar

But Jehovah has taken you and brought you out from the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of inheritance, as you are today.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be a special people to Himself above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.

And Jehovah has taken you today to be His peculiar people, as He has promised you, and to keep all His commandments,

Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood.

who is the earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Shew

This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen on you.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, forever. Amen.

so that you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Among these you shine as lights in the world,

General references

And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Jehovah your God.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.

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

to declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

Let Israel now say that His mercy endures forever.

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

This people that I formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

and said to Me, You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.

nor shall the priests the Levites lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle grain offerings, and to do sacrifice forever.

So then it is not of the one willing, nor of the one running, but of God, the One showing mercy.