1 Peter 2:9

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1 Peter 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 the consecration of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.

Only Jehovah delighted in thy fathers to love them, and he will choose in their seed after them in you above all peoples, as this day.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be numbered to Jehovah for a generation.

Happy the nation to whom Jehovah is his God; the people he chose for an inheritance to him.

If I said, I will recount thus; behold, I transgressed against the generation of thy sons.

And thou, Israel, my servant Jacob whom I chose thee, the seed of Abraham my beloved:

Hear now, O Jacob and Israel, whom I chose:

A royal

And now if hearing, ye shall hear to my voice, and watch my covenant, and ye were to me wealth above all peoples, for to me is all the earth.

And ye shall be called the priests of Jehovah, serving our God; he shall say to you, Ye shall eat the strength of the nations, and ye shall take place in their honor.

And I also will take from them for priests, for Levites, said Jehovah.

And he made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him the glory and strength for the times of times.

And madest us kings and priests to our God: and we shall reign upon the earth.

Happy and holy he having a part in the first rising up: over these has the second death no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.

Peculiar

And Jehovah took you and brought you forth out of the furnace of iron, out of Egypt, to be to him for a people of inheritance as this day.

For thou a holy people to Jehovah thy God: in thee Jehovah thy God chose to be to him a people of property from all the peoples which are upon the face of the earth.

For thou a holy people to Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah chose in thee to be to him for a people of acquisition above all people which are upon the face of the earth.

And Jehovah said thee this day to be to him for a people of property, as he spake to thee, and to watch all his commands,

Attend therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit set you inspectors, to feed the church of God, which he acquired by his own blood.

Which is the pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquisition, to the praise of his glory.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a distinguished people. zealous of good works.

Shew

If any speak, as the oracles of God; if any serve, as of the strength which God furnishes: that in all God might be praised by Jesus Christ, in whom is the glory and strength for the time of times. Amen.

This people I formed for myself; they shall recount my praise.

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

So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he rendered us acceptable in the beloved.

To him the glory in the church in Christ Jesus to all generations of the times of times. Amen.

That ye be complete and pure, children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world;

General references

And the priest took from the blood of the trespass, and the priest gave upon the extremity of the right ear of him being 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 forth out of the land of Egypt, to be to you for God; I am Jehovah your God.

For thou a holy people to Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah chose in thee to be to him for a people of acquisition above all people which are upon the face of the earth.

And we were as all the nations; and our king judged us and went out before us, and fought our battles.

To recount in Zion the name of Jehovah, and his praise in Jerusalem.

Now shall Israel say that his mercy is forever.

And judgment dwelling in the desert, and justice shall sit in Carmel.

This people I formed for myself; they shall recount my praise.

And he will say to me, Thou my servant, Israel, whom I will be honored in thee.

And I also will take from them for priests, for Levites, said Jehovah.

And to the priests, the Levites, I will not cut off a man from my face bringing up burnt-offerings, and burning the gift, and doing sacrifice all the days.

Surely then, not of him Willing, nor of him running, but of God commiserating.