1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

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Summary

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

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

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

A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of LORD to the [next] generation.

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

If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons.

But thou, Israel, 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

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

But ye shall be named the priests of LORD. Men shall call you the ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory ye shall boast yourselves.

And of them also I will take for priests [and] for Levites, says LORD.

and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

And thou made them kings and priests to our God, and they will reign over the earth.

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

Peculiar

But LORD 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 thou are a holy people to LORD thy God. LORD thy God has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God, and LORD has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

And LORD has avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised thee, and that thou should keep all his commandments,

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.

which is a pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquired possession, for appreciation of his glory.

who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

Shew

If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

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

Arise, shine, for thy light has come, and the glory of LORD has risen upon thee.

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

for appreciation of the glory of his grace, by which he blessed us in him who is beloved.

to him is the glory in the church in Christ Jesus for all generations of the age of the ages. Truly.

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye 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 upon the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot

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

For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God, and LORD has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon 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 LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

Let Israel now say that his loving kindness [is] forever.

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

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

And he said to me, Thou are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And of them also I will take for priests [and] for Levites, says LORD.

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 is merciful.