1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

Revelation 1:6

and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Exodus 19:5-6

And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

Deuteronomy 7:6

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

Deuteronomy 10:15

only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as at this day;

Revelation 5:10

and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

Isaiah 61:6

And ye are called 'Priests of Jehovah,' 'Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.

Isaiah 66:21

And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 4:20

And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as at this day.

Deuteronomy 14:2

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me.

Titus 2:14

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

'And Jehovah hath caused thee to promise to-day to become His people, a peculiar treasure, as He hath spoken to thee, and to keep all His commands;

Psalm 22:30

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

Psalm 33:12

O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

Psalm 73:15

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

Psalm 106:5

To look on the good of Thy chosen ones, To rejoice in the joy of Thy nation, To boast myself with Thine inheritance.

Isaiah 26:2

Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

Isaiah 41:8

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

Isaiah 42:16

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 43:20-21

Honour me doth the beast of the field, Dragons and daughters of an ostrich, For I have given in a wilderness waters, Floods in a desolate place, To give drink to My people -- My chosen.

Isaiah 44:1

And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

Matthew 4:16

the people that is sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death -- light arose to them.'

Matthew 5:16

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

Luke 1:79

To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

John 17:19

and for them do I sanctify myself, that they also themselves may be sanctified in truth.

Acts 20:28

'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

Acts 26:28

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'

Romans 9:24

not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

1 Corinthians 3:17

if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

Ephesians 1:14

which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

Ephesians 3:21

to Him is the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

Ephesians 5:8-11

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

Philippians 2:15-16

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

Philippians 3:14

to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:13

who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,

1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

2 Timothy 1:9

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

1 Peter 1:2

according to a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

1 Peter 2:5

and ye yourselves, 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 any one doth speak -- 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

Revelation 20:6

Happy and holy is he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall 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 a foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied!

only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as at this day;

A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:

A royal

And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;

And ye are called 'Priests of Jehovah,' 'Ministers of our God,' is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.

And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

Peculiar

And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as at this day.

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

'And Jehovah hath caused thee to promise to-day to become His people, a peculiar treasure, as He hath spoken to thee, and to keep all His commands;

'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

Shew

This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

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

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

to Him is the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, unblemished in the midst of a generation crooked and perverse, among whom ye do appear as luminaries in the world,

General references

'And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put 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 great toe of his right foot;

I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt to become your God; I, Jehovah, am your God.'

for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

and we have been, even we, like all the nations; and our king hath judged us, and gone out before us, and fought our battles.'

To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness.

And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

And He saith to me, 'My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'

And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

And to the priests -- the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice -- all the days.'

so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness: