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

To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!

yet the LORD committed himself to love your ancestors and did so! He chose you their descendants after them from all the nations, as it is today.

Our descendants will serve him, and that generation will be told about the Lord.

How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen as his own inheritance.

If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.

"But as for you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I've chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham

"But now listen, Jacob my servant and Israel whom I have chosen:

A royal

And now if you carefully obey me and keep my covenant, you are to be my special possession out of all the nations, because the whole earth belongs to me,

But as for you, you will be called priests of the LORD, and you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of the nations, and you will boast about their riches.

Then I will also select some of them for myself as priests and as Levites," says the LORD.

and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

You made them a kingdom and priests for our God, and they will reign on the earth."

How blessed and holy are those who participate in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them. They will be priests of God and the Messiah, and will rule with him for a thousand years.

Peculiar

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace out of Egypt to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God chose you to be his people, his treasured possession from all the nations on the face of the earth."

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."

The LORD affirmed this day that you are his prized possession. Therefore, observe his commands,

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory.

He gave himself for us to set us free from every wrong and to cleanse us so that we could be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good deeds.

Shew

Whoever speaks must speak God's words. Whoever serves must serve with the strength that God supplies, so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus, the Messiah. Glory and power belong to him forever and ever! Amen.

the people whom I formed for myself and so that they may speak my praise."

"Arise, shine! For your light has come; the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

to him be glory in the church and in the Messiah Jesus to all generations, forever and ever! Amen.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

General references

"Then the priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and place it on the right earlobe of the person to be cleansed, on his right thumb, and on his right great toe.

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

because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."

We, too, will be like all the nations! Our king will govern us and go out before us to fight our battles."

so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

Let Israel now say, "His gracious love is eternal."

"Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

the people whom I formed for myself and so that they may speak my praise."

He said to me: "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.'

Then I will also select some of them for myself as priests and as Levites," says the LORD.

nor will the Levitical priests be without a man offering up burnt offerings, bringing in grain offerings, and offering sacrifices continuously before me.'"

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.