1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Revelation 1:6

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Revelation 5:10

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."

Isaiah 61:6

But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.

Isaiah 66:21

Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Isaiah 9:2

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

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, 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 for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;

Psalm 22:30

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

Psalm 33:12

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalm 73:15

If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

Psalm 106:5

that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

Isaiah 26:2

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

Isaiah 41:8

"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Isaiah 42:16

I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 43:20-21

The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

Isaiah 44:1

Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

Isaiah 60:1-3

"Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."

Matthew 5:16

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

John 17:19

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 20:28

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Acts 26:28

Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"

Romans 9:24

us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

Ephesians 1:14

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 3:21

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:8-11

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

Philippians 2:15-16

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Philippians 3:14

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

Colossians 1:13

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake 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, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 2:5

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be 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 it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one 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, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

A royal

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their glory.

Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on earth."

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Peculiar

But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

and Yahweh has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Shew

the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

"Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you.

Even so, let your light 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, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

General references

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

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

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of 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."

that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.

and he said to me, "You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified."

Of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites," says Yahweh.

neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.