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

Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:

And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:

A royal

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.

And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.

And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

Peculiar

But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God: marked out by the Lord your God to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.

Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

Shew

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

General references

And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.

Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

Even the people whom I made to be the witnesses of my praise.

And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;

And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.

And the priests and the Levites will never be without a man to come before me, offering burned offerings and perfumes and meal offerings and offerings of beasts at all times.

So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.