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

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

Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

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

And now hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:

A royal

And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples for all the earth is mine --

But as for you, ye shall be called priests of Jehovah; it shall be said of you: Ministers of our God. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and into their glory shall ye enter.

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

and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him be the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.

and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.

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

Peculiar

But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.

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

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

and Jehovah hath accepted thee this day to be a people of possession to him, as he hath told thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments,

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

who is the earnest of our inheritance to the redemption of the acquired possession to the praise of his glory.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.

Shew

If any one speak as oracles of God; if any one minister as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen.

This people have I formed for myself: they shall shew forth my praise.

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

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

to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:

to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear 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 on the tip of the right ear of him that 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 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 thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

that we also may be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and go out before us, and conduct our wars.

That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.

And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.

This people have I formed for myself: they shall shew forth my praise.

And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.

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

neither shall there fail to the priests the Levites a man before me to offer up burnt-offerings, and to burn oblations, and to do sacrifice continually.

So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy.