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

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

Only Jehovah 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 the Lord unto the next generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

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, who I have chosen:

A royal

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

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

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

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

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Peculiar

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

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

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

and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.

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

Shew

if any man speaketh,'speaking as it were oracles of God; is any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

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, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

unto him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all generations for ever and ever. Amen.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen 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 that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 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 thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

Let Israel now say, That his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

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

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

and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

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

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 that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.