1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Revelation 1:6
and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father -- to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
Exodus 19:5-6
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 10:15
However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples -- as is apparent today.
Revelation 5:10
You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
Isaiah 61:6
You will be called, 'the Lord's priests, servants of our God.' You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them.
Isaiah 66:21
And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites," says the Lord.
Deuteronomy 4:20
You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes so that they 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
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.
Psalm 22:30
A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.
Psalm 33:12
How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
Psalm 73:15
If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.
Psalm 106:5
so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
Isaiah 26:2
Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter -- one that remains trustworthy.
Isaiah 41:8
"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,
Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
Isaiah 43:20-21
The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
Isaiah 44:1
"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!"
Isaiah 60:1-3
"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!
Matthew 4:16
the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."
Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father 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 set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
Acts 20:28
Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
Acts 26:28
Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"
Romans 9:24
even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
1 Corinthians 3:17
If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
Ephesians 1:14
who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God's own 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 at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
Philippians 2:15-16
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
Philippians 3:14
with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:13
He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.
2 Timothy 1:9
He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!
1 Peter 2:5
you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:11
Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.